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Various Printing Options

Poster Printing

Paper loading
Driver settings for Windows
Driver settings for Macintosh
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.

Note:

This feature is not available with Mac OS X.

This feature is not available when selecting the Borderless check box under Paper Options on the Main menu (Windows) or in the Print dialog box (Macintosh).

Paper loading

Load paper in your printer.

Loading Single Sheets

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Driver settings for Windows

Access the printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Windows

Select the desired Type setting under Paper Options on the Main menu.

Media Type Settings

Select Sheet under Paper Options on the Main menu.

Select the desired Size setting for the original print data under Paper Options on the Main menu.

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.

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

Make the following settings for poster printing.

Print Cutting Guides	Select this check box to turn the cutting guide options on.
Overlapping Alignment Marks	Slightly overlaps the panels and prints alignment markers so that the panels can be aligned more precisely.
Trim Lines	Prints border lines on the panels to guide you when trimming the pages.

Note:

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.

Click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.

After finishing all of the above steps, start printing.

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Driver settings for Macintosh

Access the printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Macintosh

Select the desired Paper Size setting for the original print data.

Select Auto Sheet Feeder as the Paper Source setting in the Page Setup dialog box.

Click OK to save the setting and close the dialog box.

Select the desired Media Type setting in the Print dialog box.

Media Type Settings

Select the Multi-Page check box in the Layout dialog box, and then select Poster.

Make the following settings for poster printing.

1 page covers xx sheets	Specifies how many printed sheets of paper the enlarged document page is to cover. You can choose from 4, 9, or 16 sheets.
Overlapping Alignment Marks	Slightly overlaps the panels and prints alignment markers so that the panels can be aligned more precisely.
Trim Lines	Prints border lines on the panels to guide you when trimming the pages.
Panel Selection	Click the panels you do not need to print, and then click the OK button to print the remaining panels.

Note:

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.

Click OK to save the setting and close the dialog box.

Click Print to start printing.

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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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