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To change the orientation of the page, click the page orientation icon below the preview area to
choose Portrait or Landscape.
To scale the image visually, grab one of the handles on the image in the preview area of the Print
dialog box to scale the image up or down. You cannot scale the image nonproportionally or
rotate it. If you deselect the Center Image option, you can reposition the image by entering values
for the Left and Right fields of the Position section or by dragging the thumbnail of the image. To
center it, simply select Center Image. Photoshop calculates and displays the values that result in a
centered image on the media you have chosen.
Output options
When you choose the Output option from the pop-up menu on the right side of the Print dialog
box, you're presented with options for additional information to be printed with the image.
Your choice of output options depends on your workflow, as well as the capabilities of the
target device:
• Calibration Bars: Adds an 11-step grayscale wedge from 0 to 100%, in 10% incre-
ments, if the target printer is a PostScript device and if there is room on the media
for the calibration bars.
• Registration Marks: Prints bull's-eyes and star target registration marks on the image.
• Corner Crop Marks: Prints crop marks at the corners of the image bounds.
• Center Crop Marks: Prints crosshairs at the vertical and horizontal centers of the image.
• Description: Prints any description text entered in the File Info dialog box, up to
about 300 characters.
• Labels: Prints the file name above the image.
• Emulsion Down: Reverses the orientation of the image and is useful for film output
or special effects.
• Negative: Inverts the entire output, including all masks and any background color.
This option is useful if you are imaging directly to film or other photosensitive media.
• Background: Lets you select a background color that will be printed on the page
outside the image area. Click the Background button, and then select a color from
the color picker. (This option affects only output, and leaves the image unchanged.)
• Border: Prints a black border of the specified width at the edge of the image.
• Bleed: Prints crop marks inside rather than outside the image. Use this option to
trim the image within the graphic rather than at the edge.
• Screen: Sets the line screen and dot shape (although most imaging devices ignore
these settings and apply halftoning based on settings at the RIP).
• Transfer: Applies a compensation curve to the output image. Intended to compen-
sate for dot gain or dot loss in film output, this option is recognized only when you
print directly from Photoshop or when you save the file in EPS format and print to a
PostScript printer. Generally, it's best to adjust for dot gain using the settings in the
Print Dialog Box—
Output Options
Choose options for marks,
labels, and captions as well as a
background color and border .
Halftone options chosen in the
Screen topic may be ignored by
the output device . Some options
are only available for PostScript
printers .
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