Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker - Manual (Page 52)

option. The printer alignment error that occurs when printing on paper from a paper tray is
highly unlikely to be identical to any printer alignment error that occurs when you're printing on
a CD tray inserted into the printer, so using the same settings for both is likely to create as
many problems as it solves. We recommend using the alignment settings on this dialog to
account for paper-related alignment errors, and using the Edit Paper/Printer Templates dialog
(which you can launch from the File menu) to account for any printable-disc alignment error.
If your printer doesn't align correctly, but isn't consistent about it, you can correct it by telling
Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker to stretch labels when it prints them. You can set the stretch
amount on the Stretch Labels Preferences_Dialog_Stretch_Labels_Pagepage.
The Preferences Dialog
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Preferences Dialog "Stretch Labels" Page
This dialog lets you account for printer alignment errors by telling Acoustica CD/DVD Label
Maker to stretch all your labels when it prints them. If your printer doesn't print precisely where
it's supposed to, but it's always off in exactly the same way, you can use the printer alignment
dialog Preferences_Dialog_Printer_Alignment_Pageto fix it. If it's not wrong consistently
enough, however, you'll need to use the brute force method of stretching all the labels by a
millimeter or two, which will result in the label being slightly larger in every direction. So even if
your printer prints too high one pass, and too low the next, or likes to feint left and print right,
you'll be set.
We generally recommend setting the stretch labels amount at one to two millimeters. We also
recommend that you don't put important stuff, such as text, within a millimeter or so of your
label borders or the CD hole unless you have a fabulously reliable printer, because otherwise it
stands a good chance of getting chopped off when you print it.
But don't stretch plain-paper labels: This checkbox lets you specify whether or not you want
to apply your stretch settings to labels you print on plain paper. By default, this box will be
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