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Printing with Windows

Making Settings on the Layout Menu

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting
Making the Multi-Page setting
Making the Watermark setting

You can make Reduce/Enlarge, Multi-Page, and Watermark settings on the Layout menu. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting

Use the Reduce/Enlarge options on the Layout menu to fit your document to the paper size that 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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Making the Multi-Page setting

Selecting the Multi-Page check box allows you to choose between the N-up and Poster settings. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Making the N-up setting

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 sheet 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.

Making the Poster setting

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 is printed. 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 temporarily 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 the top and bottom faces of the paper.

Cut off the remaining margins.

Warning:

Be careful when using edged tools.

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Making the Watermark setting

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 the 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 from 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 will be reflected in the display at the left side of the dialog box.

When you are finished making settings, click OK.

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