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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.
No Margins	Check this box when you want to print with no margins. This feature prints to all four edges of the paper. You can use the following media with this feature. Photo Paper: Panoramic, A4, 4 x 6" (No Perforations), 100 x 150 mm Matte Paper-Heavyweight: A4 Index Card: 5 x 8" Note: If your application has margin settings, make sure they are set to zero before printing. Printing with this feature selected takes longer than for normal printing. Because this feature enlarges the image to a size slightly larger than the paper size when Sheet Feeder is selected as the Paper Source setting, the portion of the image that extends beyond the edges of the paper will not be printed. Print quality may decline in the top and bottom areas of the printout, or the area may be smeared when printing on media other than that listed above. We recommend printing a single sheet to check quality before printing large jobs. You cannot use this feature with Photo Quality Glossy Film, Ink Jet Transparencies, Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper or 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper.
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	Use the options in the Printable Area box to adjust the total area available for printing. To center the printout, select Center. To increase the printable area at the bottom edge from 14 mm to 3 mm, select Maximum. Do not select Maximum while using envelopes. Note: The print quality may decline at the edges of the printout when Maximum is selected as the Printable Area setting. Before printing large jobs using this setting, print a single sheet to confirm quality. When Maximum is selected, make sure that the paper loaded in the sheet feeder is not curled. If you select Maximum when printing on Premium Glossy Photo Paper, your printout may be smeared in the expanded area (between 14 mm and 3 mm from the bottom edge).

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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

Print Cutting Guides	Check this box to turn the cutting guide options on.
Overlapping Alignment Marks	Slightly overlaps the images and prints alignment markers so that they can be aligned more precisely.
Trim Lines	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 that you do not wish to print, then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.

How to make a poster from your printouts

Here is an example of how to make a poster from 4 sheets of your printout. Refer to the accompanying illustrations as well.

Vertically cut the margin of Sheet 1 along the line connecting the alignment markers as shown in the illustration.

Place Sheet 1 on Sheet 2 and align the cross markers on both sheets, then temporary tape them from the back side of the paper.

Cut off the taped sheets along the line between the alignment markers.

Align the paper using the alignment markers and tape them from the back side of the paper.

Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape Sheets 3 and 4 as well.

Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape top and bottom faces of the paper.

Cut off the remaining margins.

Caution:

Be careful when using edged tools.

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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