Printing Your Projects

Before you print your project, you may want to adjust printing options.

Options, available in The Print Shop Preferences:

In The Print Shop Preferences you can set Print resolution and Fast Bitmap mode options.

It is important to set up your printer and paper size properly before printing your project. You can do this by choosing Page Setup from the File menu and making the necessary changes in the dialog that appears. We recommend that you do so, because if these options are not set up properly, some projects may be truncated while printing.

When you have finished your design and are ready to print, choose Print from the File menu.

Options, available in the Print dialog:

The features appearing in the Print dialog change according to the project type being printed.

 • Choose the desired size from the Poster Size pop-up menu to print your project in different sizes, from 4 pages x 4 pages to 1 page x 1 page. A project larger than one page is printed on separate sheets that you then join together. Assemble the strips on a large flat surface, and line up the pages carefully. Trim one edge and then join the sheets together with paper glue and transparent tape. For best results, glue the pages together first, then tape the seams at the back. Large printed projects are handy for schoolrooms, offices, and family activities.

 • Select the Coloring Book Outline option to print your entire project in black outline form (that is, without any fills) that you can then color in. Coloring Book Outline is also useful for printing a proof of your project without using a lot of ink or toner. Special effects applied to objects are not shown when printing in this mode. Coloring Book Outline mode cannot be used with photos and fine art graphics.

 • Select the Crop Marks option if you are printing on plain paper and would like to have crop marks printed to guide you when you cut out postcards, business cards, and Post-it® notes printed on the A4 paper. (Preperforated postcard paper comes with clean-edge perforations, so you do not need to print crop marks.)

 •  Select the Mirror Image option to print your project in reverse. You can then use the reversed image to make a transfer for a T-shirt.

 •  Some printers produce printouts with shifting, so you may need to adjust the position of your project on a sheet to get the results you want. Click the disclosure triangle near the words Print Precision Alignment. Now you can change the printing position of your project on a sheet by clicking up and down arrows near the Horizontal and Vertical fields. You can move the printing position up to two inches to the left/right or up/down. Click the Save As Defaults button to save the printing adjustment settings for the project type you are currently printing.

Refer to one of the following topics for more information:

The Print Shop Printing Preferences

Merge Printing with Lists

Setting Custom Paper Margins

Printing Your Greeting Card Project

Printing Your Notecard Project

Printing Your Sign Project

Printing Your Banner Project

Printing Your Calendar Project

Printing Your Postcard Project

Printing Your Business Card Project

Printing Your Envelope Project

Printing Your Letterhead Project

Printing Your Certificate Project

Printing Your Notepad Project

Printing Your Fax Cover Project

Printing Your Pamphlet Project

Printing Your Label Project

Printing Your 3M Post-it® Note Project

Printing Your Online Greeting Project

Printing Your Photo Project