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Printer settings for Windows
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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Printer settings for Windows
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Access the printer settings.
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Click the Main tab, then select one of the following Quality Options:
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Select the appropriate Type setting.
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Select the size of the paper you are using as the Size setting.
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Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout.
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Click the Page Layout tab and select Multi-Page, then select Poster Printing. 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 be printed. The Poster Settings window opens.
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Make the following settings:
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Print Cutting Guides
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Prints guide lines for cutting.
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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 want to print only a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click the panels that you do not want to print.
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Click OK to close the Poster Settings window.
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After completing the steps above, print one test copy and examine the results before printing an entire job. Then follow the instructions.
How to make a poster from your printouts
How to make a poster from your printouts
Here is an example of how to make a poster with 2x2 selected under Poster Printing and Overlapping Alignment Marks selected as the print cutting guide.
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Cut off the margin of Sheet 1 along a vertical line through the center of the top and bottom cross marks:
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Place the edge of Sheet 1 on top of Sheet 2 and align the cross marks, then temporarily tape the two sheets together from the back:
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Cut the taped sheets in two along a vertical line through the alignment markers (this time, a line to the left of the cross marks):
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Align the edges of the paper using the alignment markers and tape them together from the back:
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Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape Sheets 3 and 4 together.
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Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape the top and bottom edges of the paper:
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Cut off the remaining margins.
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