Various Printing Options

Poster Printing

Paper loading
Driver settings
Printing

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.

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

Under Paper Options on the Main menu, select the Size setting for the original print data.

Select the Poster Printing option under Multi-Page on the Page Layout menu, and then click the up or down arrow to select 2x2, 3x3 or 4x4.

Click the Settings button 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.

For Macintosh

Access the printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Macintosh

In the Page Setup dialog box, select the Paper Size setting for the original print data.

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 close the Layout dialog box.

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Printing

After finishing all above steps, start printing.

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