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Printing with Windows

Modifying the printout style

Making the Paper menu settings
Fitting your document to the paper size
Printing two or four pages on one sheet
Printing posters
Printing a watermark on your document

You can modify your printout style using a variety of printer driver settings located on the Paper and Layout menus.

On the Paper menu, you can set the paper size, the number of copies, the orientation of your printout, and the printable area. On the Layout menu, you can automatically match the document size to the paper size, print two or four pages on a single sheet of paper, print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets, or place watermarks on documents.

Making the Paper menu settings

Use the settings on the Paper menu to change the paper size, set the number of copies and other copy parameters, specify the paper orientation, and adjust the printable area.

You can make the following settings on the Paper menu:

Paper Size	Select the paper size you want to use. You can also add a custom paper size.
Copies	Select the number of copies you wish to print. You can select Collate to print one set at a time or Reverse Order to determine the order in which you wish to print multiple copies of your document.
Orientation	Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout. If you need to print closer to the bottom of the page, select the Rotate by 180° check box.
Printable Area	Select Centered if you want to center the printout. Select Maximum if you need to increase the printable area. Note: When Maximum is selected, the print quality may decline at the edges of the printout. Before printing large jobs using this setting, print a single sheet to confirm quality. When Maximum is selected, make sure the paper loaded in the sheet feeder is not curled.

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Fitting your document to the paper size

Use the Reduce/Enlarge options on the Layout menu to fit your document to the paper size you will print on.

You can select from the following settings.

Normal	Prints your document at its normal size.
Fit to Page	Proportionally enlarges or reduces the size of your document to make it fit the paper size you select in the Paper Size list on the Paper menu.
Custom	Allows you to manually reduce or enlarge an image. Click the arrows next to the Scale to box to select a percentage between 10% and 400%.

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Printing two or four pages on one sheet

Select N-up as the Multi-Page setting on the Layout menu to print two or four pages of your document on one sheet of paper.

To print more than one page on a piece of paper, you should make the following settings:

2 Pages 4 Pages	Prints two or four pages of your document on a single piece of paper.
Page Order	Opens the Print Layout dialog box, where you can specify the order in which the pages will be printed on the sheet of paper. Some settings may be unavailable, depending upon your Orientation selection on the Paper menu.
Print page frames	Prints a frame around each page that is printed on the sheet of paper.

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Printing posters

A single document page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets of paper. Select Poster as the Multi-Page setting to print a poster-size image.

Click the Settings button to adjust the way your poster will print. The Poster Settings dialog box opens.

You can make the following settings.

Overlapping Panels	Slightly overlaps the images so that they can be aligned more precisely.
Print Cutting Guidelines	Prints border lines on the images to guide you when trimming the pages.

If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click the panels you don't wish to print, then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.

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Printing a watermark on your document

To print a watermark on your document, click anywhere in the Watermark list box on the Layout menu, and select from the list of predefined watermarks that appears.

You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Watermark list. To add a watermark, click the Add/Del button. The following dialog box appears.

Refer to the appropriate section below to finish creating a custom watermark.

Creating an image-based watermark

Follow the steps below to create an image-based watermark.

Select BMP.

Click the Browse button to specify the bitmap file you want to use, then click OK.

Type a name for your watermark in the Name box, then click Save. Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

Creating a text-based watermark

Follow the steps below to create a text-based watermark.

Select Text.

Type your text in the Text box. The text that you enter will also be assigned to the watermark as a watermark name.

If you want to change the watermark name, type a new name in the Name box, then click Save. Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

Making settings for your watermark

Follow the steps below to make settings for your watermark.

Select the desired Watermark in the Watermark list box on the Layout menu.

Click the Settings button. The following dialog box appears.

Make sure that the appropriate watermark is selected in the Watermark list box, then make Color, Position, Density, Size, Font, Font Style, and Angle settings. For details, please see online help. Your settings are reflected in the display at the left side of the dialog box.

When you are finished making settings, click OK.

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