Setting Printing Preferences

To set Printing Preferences:

1.  Choose Preferences from The Print Shop application menu. The Print Shop Preferences dialog appears.

2.  Click the Printing icon at the top of The Print Shop Preferences dialog.

3.  Select the High, Medium, or Low Default Print Resolution option to set the appropriate printing resolution. The High option is selected by default. You may change the print quality in the Print dialog when you print your projects.

4.  Select one of the Use Fast Bitmap Printing options. Converting your project to a bitmap before printing can prevent performance problems on some printers. The three options are:

  • Only if needed: This is the best option in most cases, and the default setting when The Print Shop is installed. With this setting, The Print Shop will decide when to convert your project into a bitmap and when not to.

  • Always: If you are experiencing performance problems, this setting may reduce the time needed to print. You are more likely to need this setting if you are making projects that use transparent effects, clipped photos, rotated images or textures.

  • Never: This is the best setting if your projects usually contain only text and vector graphics. In this particular case, not converting your project to a bitmap will improve quality a bit and print faster.

When you have finished setting the preferences, click the OK button to apply them, or click Cancel to discard any changes.

Refer to one of the following topics for more information:

Printing Your Projects

Setting General Preferences

Setting Design Desk Pattern

Setting Blank Page Preferences

Setting Your Return Address

Setting Update Preferences