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Poster Printing (For Windows Only)
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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Printer settings
Follow the steps below to print odd- and even-numbered pages onto opposite sides of the sheet.
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Open the file you want to print.
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Access the printer settings.
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Click the Main tab, select the appropriate Media Type setting, and then select your preferred items for Color, Print Quality, and Mode settings.
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Availability of setting items may vary depending on the setting you select.
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Select Sheet or Manual - Roll as the Source setting.
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Select the appropriate Size setting.
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Click the Page Layout tab, select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout, and then select Multi-page, then select Poster.
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Click Settings to open the Poster Settings window. In the Poster Settings window, select the number of printed pages you want the poster to cover.
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Select Borderless Poster Print if you want to make posters without cutting the margins and overlapping the panels.
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If you do not select Borderless Poster Print, the following settings are available.
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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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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.
See How to make a poster from your printouts
See 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 Guides.
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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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