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Printer / Using the Printer Software for Windows

Modifying the printout style

Using the Paper menu settings
Fitting your document to the paper size
Printing 2 or 4 pages on one sheet
Printing posters
Printing a watermark on your document

You can modify your printout style using a variety of printer driver settings located on the Paper and Layout menus.

On the Paper menu, you can make settings for the paper size, number of copies, the orientation of your printout, and the printable area. On the Layout menu you can automatically match the document size to the paper size, print 2 or 4 pages on a single sheet, print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets, or place watermarks on documents.

Using the Paper menu settings

Use the Paper menu to change the paper size, set the number of copies and other settings, specify the paper orientation, or adjust the printable area.

You can make the following settings:

Paper Size	Select the paper size you want to use. You can also add a custom paper size.
Copies	You can determine the order in which you print multiple copies of your document: Collated (printing a set at a time). or in Reverse order.
Orientation	To change the orientation of your printout, select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide). If you need to print close to the bottom of the page, select the Rotate by 180° check box.
Printable Area	Use the options in the Printable Area box to adjust the total area available for printing. If you want to center the printout, click Center. If you need to increase the printable area, click Maximum. Note: When Maximum is selected, the print quality may decline at the edges of the printout. Before printing large jobs using this setting, print a single sheet to confirm quality. When Maximum is selected, make sure the paper loaded in the sheet feeder is not curled.

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Fitting your document to the paper size

To fit the size of your document to the size of the paper you will print on, use the Reduce/Enlarge options on the Layout menu.

You can select the following.

Normal	Prints your document at its normal size.
Fit to Page	Proportionally enlarges or reduces the size of your document to make it fit the paper size you select in the Paper Size list on the Paper menu.
Custom	Allows you to manually define the percentage you want to enlarge or reduce an image. Click the arrows next to the Proportion box to select from 10% to 400%.

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Printing 2 or 4 pages on one sheet

To print 2 or 4 pages of your document on one sheet of paper, use the Multi-Page option on the Layout menu.

Select N-up as the Multi-Page option, then make the following settings.

2 Pages 4 Pages	Prints 2 or 4 pages of your document on a single piece of paper.
Page Order	Allows you to specify the order of the pages you want to print.
Print page frames	Allows you to print a frame around each page on the sheet of paper.

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Printing posters

You can use the Poster setting in the Multi-Page option to print a poster-size image. A single document page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed pages.

To adjust the way your poster will print, click the Settings button. The Poster Setting dialog box appears.

You can make the following settings.

Overlapped Panels	Slightly overlaps the images so that they can be aligned more precisely.
Print cutting guidelines	Prints border lines on the images to guide you when trimming the pages.

If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click the panels you don't need, then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.

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Printing a watermark on your document

To print a watermark on your document, use the Watermark option on the Layout menu, and select from a list of predefined watermarks.

You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Watermark Name list. Follow these steps.

Click the Add/Del button. The following dialog appears.

To use an image file as a watermark, select BMP. Click the Browse button to select the bitmap file you want to use, then click OK. To create a text-based watermark, enter your text in the Text box.

Name your watermark in the Name box, then click Save. Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

To make settings for your watermark, click the Settings button. The following dialog appears.

Select the name of watermark for which you want to make settings from the Watermark list, and make color, position, density, and size settings. The settings you make appear on the left side of the dialog box. After you finish making settings, click OK.

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