Printer Properties (Windows 95/98/Me) - Page Setup Tab
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Specifies paper size, scaling, number of copies, orientation and pages per sheet.
Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase.
Page Size lets you select the paper size you are working with in your application (A3, B4, A4, B5, A5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Statement, DL, COM10, ISO-C5, Monarch, and three custom paper sizes. The names of the custom paper sizes are set with the [Custom Paper Size...] option).
Output Size lets you select the paper size to print on. If your output size is set to anything other than [Match Page Size], the image will automatically be reduced or enlarged to fit on the page.
Copies lets you specify the number of copies to be printed (1 to 999).
Orientation lets you select the direction of printing relative to the paper (Portrait, Landscape).
Page Layout lets you select the number of pages per sheet (1, 2, 4, 8, 9). If you select more than 1, the image may be reduced to fit on the selected output size. When 2, 4, 8, or 9 pages per sheet is selected [Manual Scaling] disappears and [Page Order] appears in its place.
Manual Scaling lets you shrink or enlarge images. This option only appears when [1 Page per Sheet] is selected as the [Page Layout]. Click on the check box to set a reduction or enlargement percentage (10 to 200).
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To get a quick view of your current settings, click [View Settings], which is located on the [Page Setup], [Finishing], [Paper Source] and [Quality] tabs. Click on the tabs in the [View Settings] dialog box to view the settings for each tab.
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Custom Paper Size... in the [Page Setup] tab window allows you to define custom paper sizes for quick selection. You can specify the name, width, and height of each size. You can have up to three custom paper sizes.
Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase.
Selecting a Custom Paper Size
- Select one of the predefined sizes from the [Custom Paper List].
- If you wish, enter a unique name in the [Name] area.
- Select the [Unit] of measurement (Millimeter or Inch).
- Define the [Paper Size] using the [Width] (3.00 to 8.50 inches (76.2 to 215.9 mm)) and [Height] (5.00 to 14.00 inches (127.0 to 355.6 mm)) settings.
- Click [OK] to accept your changes.
If you wish to restore the default settings to all of the custom sizes, click [Restore Defaults].
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Overlay Printing allows to overlay the document created in any Windows application onto a preselect form file.
For example, if there is a form file containing a company name, logo, or address, it will be printed in the same position on each page of the document altogether with the with print data created in an application.
You can easily create perfectly formatted documents with the same appearance from any Windows application.
Overlay Form File Formats
For overlay forms you can use files in the following formats:
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Windows Metafile (WMF) |
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Windows Bitmap (BMP) |
Creating an Overlay Form File
Before using Overlay Printing, you need to create an overlay form file in an application. To create a form file, you can use applications from Windows 95/98/Me package and commerically available software.
Windows Metafile (WMF)
Windows metafile format is used in most commercially available draw applications. Create the form data and save it in the metafile format.
Windows Bitmap (BMP)
You can easily create a form file in this format using software included in the Windows 95/98/Me package, such as Paint. Windows 95/98/Me desktop wallpapers are also created in this format. There is also a number of commercially available software (e.g. Corel Photo Paint) that use this format. Create the form data using such software and save it as a BMP file.
Setting Overlay
To make settings for overlay printing, click [Overlay...] on the [Page Setup] tab. The [Overlay] dialog box appears. Use [Browse...] to select the file that contains the overlay data.
Default settings depend on the country/region of purchase.
File Name sets the file name to use as the overlay form. The [File Name] dropdown list stores up to nine file names beside the default (none) setting. You can use [Browse...] button to select the file that contains the overlay data.
Overlay Placement
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Background - Check this radio button on to place the overlay data in back of (beneath) the application data. |
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Foreground - Check this radio button on to place the overlay data in front of (over) the application data. |
Position Left/Top lets you specify the position of the overlay based on its distance from the paper's left and top edges. Select units of measurement using [Millimeter] or [Inch] radio button. Valid values interval for this setting is 0 to 16.5 (0 to 420 mm).
Size Width/Height lets you set the size of the overlay. Select units of measurement using [Millimeter] or [Inch] radio button. Valid values interval for this setting is 0 to 16.5 inches (0 to 420 mm).
Unit lets you set units of measurement using [Millimeter] or [Inch] radio button.
Restore Defaults resets [Left], [Top], [Width], and [Height] to their default values.
Confirm the settings and click [OK]. [Page Setup] dialog box appears again.
Overlay Placement
Print results may differ depending on the placement of the overlay and application print data (Background/Foreground). When the overlay and application print data overlap, print result may differ depending on the overlay file format and the application being used. Settings for overlay printing of your machine allow you to place overlay form in the foreground (in front) or in the background (in back) of the application print data.
Original data
[Overlay Placement: Background]
The result will appear as one of the shown below.
[Overlay Placement: Foreground]
Using Windows Metafile - The result will appear as one of the shown below.
Using Windows BMP - The result will always be as shown below.
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