Various Printing Options
Poster Printing
Driver settings for Windows
Driver settings for Mac OS 9
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 on the Main menu (Windows) or in the Page Setup dialog box (Mac OS 9).
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Driver settings for Windows
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Access the printer driver.
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Click the Main tab, then make the Quality Option setting. See the following section for details on the Quality Option settings.
 See Quality Option
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Select Sheet as the Source setting.
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Make the appropriate Type setting.
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Make the appropriate 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 print. The Poster Settings dialog box opens.
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Make the following settings.
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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 want to print only 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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After finishing all of the steps above, start printing.
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Driver settings for Mac OS 9
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Access the Page Setup dialog box.
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Make the appropriate Paper Size setting.
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Select Auto Sheet Feeder as the Paper Source.
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Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout.
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Click OK to save the settings and close the Page Setup dialog box.
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Access the Print dialog box.
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Make the appropriate Media Type setting.
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Click the  Layout icon button.
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Select the Multi-Page check box in the Layout dialog box, then select Poster.
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Make the following settings.
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1 page covers xx sheets
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Specifies how many printed sheets of paper the enlarged document page will 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, then click the OK button to print the remaining panels.
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If you want to print only a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click Panel Selection, click the panels that you do not wish to print, then click OK.
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Click OK to save the settings and close the Layout dialog box.
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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 with 2x2 selected under Poster Printing and Overlapping Alignment Marks selected as the print cutting guide. Refer to the accompanying illustrations as well.
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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, as shown in the illustration below.
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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 side.
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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), as shown in the illustration below.
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Align the edges of the paper together using the alignment markers and tape them from the back side of the paper.
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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 faces of the paper.
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Cut off the remaining margins.
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Warning:
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Be careful when using sharp tools.
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