
Reference Guide
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Various Printing Options
Poster Printing
Paper loading
Driver settings
Printing
How to make a poster from your printouts
Poster printing allows you to print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets of paper.
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This feature is not available with Mac OS X.
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This feature is not available when selecting the Borderless check box under Paper Options on the Main menu (Windows) or No Margins check box in the Print dialog box (Macintosh).
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Paper loading
Load paper in your printer.

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Driver settings
For Windows
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Access the printer driver.
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Select the desired Type setting under Paper Options on the Main menu.
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Select Sheet as the Source setting under Paper Options on the Main menu.
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Select the desired Size setting for the original print data under Paper Options on the Main menu.
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Select the Poster Printing option as the Multi-Page setting on the Page Layout menu, and then click the up or down arrow to select 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4.
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Click Settings to adjust the way your poster will print. The Poster Settings dialog box opens.
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Make the following settings for poster printing.
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Print Cutting Guides
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Select this check box to turn the cutting guide options on.
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Overlapping Alignment Marks
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Slightly overlaps the panels and prints alignment markers so that the panels can be aligned more precisely.
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Trim Lines
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Prints border lines on the panels to guide you when trimming the pages.
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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.
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Click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.
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For Macintosh
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Access the printer driver.
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Select the desired Paper Size setting for the original print data in the Page Setup dialog box.
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Select Auto Sheet Feeder as the Paper Source setting in the Page Setup dialog box.
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Select the desired Media Type setting in the Print dialog box.
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Select the Multi-Page check box in the Layout dialog box, and then select Poster.
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Make the following settings for poster printing.
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1 page covers xx sheets
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Specifies how many printed sheets of paper the enlarged document page is to cover. You can choose from 4, 9, or 16 sheets.
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Overlapping Alignment Marks
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Slightly overlaps the panels and prints alignment markers so that the panels can be aligned more precisely.
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Trim Lines
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Prints border lines on the panels to guide you when trimming the pages.
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Panel Selection
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Click the panels you do not need to print, and then click the OK button to print the remaining panels.
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If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click Panel Selection, click the panels that you do not wish to print, and then click OK.
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Click OK to close the Layout dialog box.
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Printing
After finishing all above steps, start printing.

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How to make a poster from your printouts
Here is an example of how to make a four-sheet poster of your printout. Refer to the accompanying illustrations.
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Vertically cut the margin of sheet 1 along the line connecting the alignment markers as shown in the illustration.
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Place sheet 1 on sheet 2, align the cross markers on both sheets, and then temporarily tape them from the back side.
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Cut off the taped sheets along the line between the alignment markers.
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Align the sheets using the alignment markers, and then tape them from the back side.
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Repeat steps 1 to 4 to tape sheets 3 and 4 in the same way.
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Repeat steps 1 to 4 to tape the top and bottom double sheets.
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Cut off the remaining margins.
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Warning:
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Be careful when using sharp-edged tools.
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