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• To save the print options without closing the dialog box, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click
Remember.
Note: If you get a warning that your image is larger than the printable area of the paper, click Cancel, choose File > Print,
and select the Scale To Fit Media box. To make changes to your paper size and layout, click Page Setup, and attempt to
print the file again.
Preview the current image position and paper orientation
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Position the pointer over the file information area in the status bar (at the bottom of the application window in
Windows or the document window in Mac OS) and hold down the mouse button.
Set page setup options
Choose File > Page Setup, or click Page Setup in the Print dialog box.
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2 Set paper size, source, orientation, and margins as desired.
The available options depend on your printer, printer drivers, and operating system.
Note: If you plan to scale the printed image, choose Print and use the scaling options in the Print dialog box rather than
the Page Setup dialog box. The Print dialog box is more helpful because it shows you a preview of the scaled image. Also,
you don't want to set the scaling options in both the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes. This applies scaling twice, and
the resulting image may not be printed at the intended size.
3 (Optional) Click Printer to change your currently selected printer.
Position and scale images
You can adjust the position and scale of an image using options in the Print dialog box. The shaded border at the
edge of the paper represents the margins of the selected paper; the printable area is white.
The base output size of an image is determined by the document size settings in the Image Size dialog box. Scaling
an image in the Print dialog box changes the size and resolution of the printed image only. For example, if you scale
a 72-ppi image to 50% in the Print dialog box, the image will print at 144 ppi; however, the document size settings
in the Image Size dialog box will not change. The Print Resolution field below the Scaled Print Size area shows the
print resolution at the current scaling setting.
Many printer drivers, such as AdobePS and LaserWriter, provide a scaling option in the Page Setup dialog box. This
scaling affects everything on the page, including the size of all page marks, such as crop marks and captions, whereas
the scaling percentage provided by the Print command affects only the size of the printed image (and not the size of
page marks).
Note: The Print dialog box may not reflect accurate values for Scale, Height, and Width if you set a scaling percentage
in the Page Setup dialog box. To avoid inaccurate scaling, specify scaling using the Print dialog box rather than the Page
Setup dialog box; do not enter a scaling percentage in both dialog boxes.
See also
"About pixel dimensions and resolution" on page 61
Reposition an image on the paper
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Choose File > Print, and do one of the following:
• To center the image in the printable area, select Center Image.
• To position the image numerically, deselect Center Image, and then enter values for Top and Left.
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