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32 <H1>9. Printing</H1>
33 <P>To print an image press Shift + P or select Print from the File
34 menu.</P>
35 <P>The print dialog includes tabs that group related printing
36 options, a preview pane, and a Print and Cancel button.</P>
37 <P><BR><BR>
38 </P>
39 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Layout tab</U></P>
40 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Source:</B> This selects the group
41 of images to use for print output.</P>
42 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Image:</B> The file with the
43 focus.<BR><B>Selection:</B> The files selected in the main
44 window.<BR><B>All:</B> All files listed in the main window.</P>
45 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Layout:</B> Select one image per
46 page, or a Proof sheet that will print multiple images per page.</P>
47 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Image size:</B> When print one
48 image per page, the size of the image in relation to the available
49 print area.<BR><B>Proof size:</B> When printing a Proof sheet, the
50 size of each image in Units (see Paper tab).</P>
51 <P><BR><BR>
52 </P>
53 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Text tab</U></P>
54 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Name:</B> Include the file name
55 below each image.</P>
56 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Date:</B> Include the file date
57 below each image.</P>
58 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Size:</B> Include the file size
59 below each image.</P>
60 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Dimensions:</B> Include the source
61 image's pixel width and height below each image.</P>
62 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Font size:</B> The font size to use
63 for the text description of each image, in points.</P>
64 <P><BR><BR>
65 </P>
66 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Paper tab</U></P>
67 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Format:</B> The size of the paper
68 in the printer's paper tray. Many common sizes are provided, however
69 if the paper size is not listed selected the Custom format and enter
70 the paper size in Size below.</P>
71 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Size:</B> The size of the selected
72 paper format, in Units (below). These numbers can be changed when the
73 paper Format is Custom.</P>
74 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Units:</B> Select the units for
75 GQview to use when conveying measurements of length for paper size,
76 margins, and images sizes to the user.</P>
77 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B>Orientation:</B> Select portrait or
78 landscape print output.</P>
79 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><B><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none">Margins</SPAN>:</B>
80 These values specify the size of the paper edges not to be included
81 in the print region, in Units (above).</P>
82 <P><BR><BR>
83 </P>
84 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Printer tab</U></P>
85 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; text-decoration: none"><B>Destination:</B>
86 Use this to select the destination of the print output.</P>
87 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in; text-decoration: none">Default
88 printer: Prints to the system default printer.<BR>Custom printer:
89 Prints to the printer using the command defined in Custom printer
90 (below).<BR>Postscript file: Writes using the postscript format to
91 named File (below).<BR>Image file: Writes using the selected File
92 format (below) to named File (below).</P>
93 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>Custom
94 printer:</B></SPAN> The command to use when Destination is selected
95 as Custom printer. For convenience, the drop down list includes
96 printers available for use by the printing subsystem.</P>
97 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>File:</B></SPAN>
98 The file to use for output when Destination is Postscript file or
99 Image file.</P>
100 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; text-decoration: none"><B>File format:</B>
101 The image format to use when Destination is Image file.</P>
102 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><B>DPI:</B>
103 Abbreviation for Dots Per Inch. When the Destination is a printer or
104 postscript file, this defines the maximum DPI to use when outputting
105 image data.</SPAN> For example if the Destination printer is only
106 capable of 600 DPI, but the resulting image to print is 1200 DPI,
107 GQview will scale the image down to 600 DPI before sending it to the
108 printer. This can greatly reduce the size of a print job when
109 printing Proof Sheets or very large images.</P>
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112 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Preview</U></P>
113 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The preview displays a small version
114 of the output that will result with the current settings. The preview
115 will update whenever a setting is changed that will effect the print
116 output.</P>
117 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The preview will indicate the number
118 of pages that will be printed, to see a preview of a specific page
119 change to that page by activating the left or right arrow buttons
120 located below the preview.</P>
121 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The size of the preview can be changed
122 using the three zoom buttons located below the preview.</P>
123 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The preview includes several reference
124 lines that are <I>not included</I> in the final print:</P>
125 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Reference grid:</B> Light gray
126 lines that form a grid over the entire page, the spacing between
127 these lines is dependent on the current measurement unit:</P>
128 <P STYLE="margin-left: 2.36in">Inch: 1 inch.<BR>Points: 72
129 points.<BR>Centimeters or Millimeters: 1 centimeter.</P>
130 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Margins:</B> Blue lines along each
131 edge of the page represent the location of the print margins, the
132 non-printable area of the page is also gray.</P>
133 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Proof sheet grid:</B> When the
134 layout is set to Proof sheet, each proof location is indicated with a
135 red rectangle.</P>
136 <P><BR><BR>
137 </P>
138 <P><U>Remember print settings</U></P>
139 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Enable this check box to retain the
140 current settings as the default for the print dialog. This option
141 only retains the settings when a print operation is started by
142 activating the print button. In addition, only the settings relevant
143 to the current print operation will be retained.</P>
144 <P><BR><BR>
145 </P>
146 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Print button</U></P>
147 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Activate the print button to start the
148 print job, the dialog will change to display the progress as images
149 are sent to the selected print destination.</P>
150 <P><BR><BR>
151 </P>
152 <P STYLE="font-weight: medium"><U>Cancel button</U></P>
153 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">Activate this button to close the
154 print dialog, no printing will be performed.</P>
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