Printing on Paper
It is likely that you will design a document to print it on special label paper. The best result will be achieved if you calibrate the printer and select the paper, you will use, prior to printing. As this is very important, both operations can be performed from the Print dialog as well.
On how to create a custom paper layout, see Creating a Custom Template.
To print your document:
- Open the design element you want to print in the editing window (by clicking icons below the main toolbar). Click the Print button on the toolbar (File > Print).
- The Print dialog will open showing your design element on the selected paper. All design elements in your document will be displayed in the left box. You can organize design elements on the paper if your document has several design elements (see below).
- Make the necessary settings:
• Select paper in the Paper Type drop-down list.
If you don't see the needed paper in the list, click the Select Format button to open the Paper Selection dialog (the full paper list). The paper selected in the Print dialog will be used only in the current print session and will not be saved for the future.
• Set up Print Quality and Bleeds.
• Enable or disable printing of cut lines and dotted marks (they are helpful for printing on plain paper).
• Enable or disable the raster printing mode. Raster printing may solve some printing problems, though printing will take more time.
• Calibrate the printer (see the Printer Calibration Dialog section for details).
- Click the Next button to open the system print dialog.
- Set the printer settings if needed and click the Print button.
ATTENTION! Paper size can be selected from the Paper Selection dialog as well as from the system
Page Setup dialog. The latest selection will be shown in the preview and used for printing.
Normally you should select paper in the Paper Selection dialog.
For example, if after selecting a Letter-sized Avery paper, you set a 6x4 in paper in the Page Setup dialog, your design will be cut down to the 6x4 inch size. In this case you should re-select your Avery paper in the Paper Selection dialog.
Organizing Design Elements on Paper
All design elements of your document are shown at the left part of the Print dialog.
You can add or remove elements from the paper sheet in the preview.
Adding design elements to the sheet:
Drag a design element icon from the left box onto the paper sheet and drop when the "plus" mark appears.
Removing a design element from the sheet:
To remove your design element, drag it outside the element bound on the sheet in the preview.
Printing on Plain Paper
- Open the Print dialog (File > Print).
- Select plain paper in the Paper Type drop-down list: A4 Plain or US Plain.
If label paper was used, the program would have to fit the custom element into a pre-defined
placeholder and your element might get resized.
- Compose your layout.
To add an element, drag it onto paper.
To replace an element, drag another element over the existing one.
Note: There must be enough space on the paper. If the new element is bigger than the old one, there
may be not enough space for it.
To remove an existing element from paper, drag it out of its bound on the sheet.
- To continue, click the Next button.
You cannot save the created layout for the future. To be able to save your layouts or to get more flexibility in
editing custom paper, create a custom paper layout (see Creating a Custom Template).