Printing Posters; Printing Booklets - Dell 1230c User Manual

Printing Posters

This feature allows you to print a single-page document onto 4,
9, or 16 sheets of paper, for the purpose of pasting the sheets
together to form one poster-size document.
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: The poster printing option is available when 600 dpi is
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selected in the resolution option on the Graphic tab.
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To change the print settings from your software
application, access printer properties. See "Printing a
Document" on page 7.
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Click the Layout tab, select Poster Printing in the
Layout Type drop-down list.
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Configure the poster option:
You can select the page layout from Poster<2x2>,
Poster<3x3>, Poster<4x4> or Custom. If you select
Poster<2x2>, the output will be automatically stretched
to cover 4 physical pages. If the option is set to Custom,
you can enlarge the original from 150% to 400%.
Depending on the level of the enlargement, the page
layout is automatically adjusted to Poster<2x2>,
Poster<3x3>, Poster<4x4>.
Specify an overlap in millimeters or inches to make it
easier to pasting the sheets together.
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Click the Paper tab, select the paper source, size, and
type.
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Click OK and print the document. You can complete the
poster by pasting the sheets together.
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Advanced Printing

Printing Booklets

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This printer feature allows you to print your document on both
sides of the paper and arranges the pages so that the paper can
be folded in half after printing to produce a booklet.
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To change the print settings from your software
application, access the printer properties. See "Printing a
Document" on page 7.
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From the Layout tab, choose Booklet Printing from the
Layout Type drop-down list.
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: The Booklet Printing option is not available for all
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paper sizes. In order to find out the available paper size for
this feature, select the paper size in the Size option on the
Paper tab, then check if the Booklet Printing in a Layout
Type drop-down list on the Layout tab is activated.
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Click the Paper tab, and select the paper source, size, and
type.
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Click OK and print the document.
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After printing, fold and staple the pages.
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