Laying out a print job
You have different options for laying out a print job. For example, you can scale a print job, so that the printed area on the page is smaller or larger than normal. When scaling, you can choose to maintain the aspect ratio, so that the page height and width increase or decrease proportionally and the output is not distorted.
You can scale a print job, so that the printed area on the page is smaller or larger than normal. When scaling, you can choose to maintain the aspect ratio, so that the page height and width increase or decrease proportionally and the output is not distorted.
You can also adjust a print job to fit the output page by specifying the output orientation and margins.
You can tile a print job, so that portions of each page are printed on separate sheets of paper. You can then assemble the pages into one large sheet. This is useful for printing documents, such as banners, that are larger than the printer paper.
You can also print a document in thumbnail format. Thumbnails are miniature pictures of individual pages. Several thumbnails are printed on each piece of printer paper.
If you need greater control when printing, you can specify advanced printing options such as printing in color or printing text as graphics.
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Click File
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Click the Layout tab.
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Enable the Scale/Tiling option.
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In the Size area, type a value in the Width box.
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If you do not want to maintain the aspect ratio, disable the Maintain aspect ratio check box, and type a value in the Length box.
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Click Print.
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If you enlarge a document by more than 100%, the document will be printed on multiple pages. The # of tiles box shows the number of pages that will be used when you print the document.
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To adjust a print job to fit the selected page | |
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Click File
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Click the Layout tab.
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Enable the Fit to output page option.
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Click Output page.
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In the Page setup dialog box, choose a page definition from the list.
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In the Orientation area, enable one of the following options:
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Portrait — prints text and graphics on a page whose height is greater than its width
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Landscape — prints text and graphics on a page whose width is greater than its height
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In the Document margins area, type values in the following boxes:
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Left
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Right
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Top
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Bottom
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Click OK.
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Click Print.
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To tile a print job | |
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Click File
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Click the Layout tab.
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Enable the Scale/Tiling option.
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Enable the Print tiled pages check box.
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In the # of tiles area, type values in the following boxes:
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Row
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Column
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Click Print.
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If the # of tiles column box is grayed, disable the Maintain aspect ratio check box.
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You can specify the size of the page you are tiling by clicking the Output page button.
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To print a document in thumbnail format | |
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Click File
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Click the Layout tab.
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Enable the Thumbnails option.
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Type a value in the Thumbnail boxes, to specify the number of thumbnails.
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In the Page ordering area, enable one of the following options:
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Down — prints thumbnails consecutively in columns
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Across — prints thumbnails consecutively in rows
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Enable any of the following check boxes:
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Show borders — prints page borders around each thumbnail
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Show index — prints the page number for each thumbnail
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Click Print.
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To adjust the advanced print options | |
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Click File
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Click the Advanced tab.
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Enable any of the following check boxes:
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Print in color — prints file in color
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Print text only — prints only the text of a document
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Use graphic transparency — allows you to apply a transparency for a graphic if the printer used does not provide support for a transparency
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Keep print history — keeps a record of print jobs
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Reset number of copies each time — resets the number of copies after each print job is complete
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The Use graphic transparency option is enabled by default.
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The Print in color check box may be enabled by default when you choose a color printer.
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If you have a color printer selected, but the Print in color check box is grayed, click Properties on the Main page, and make sure that the color settings are correct for your printer.
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