Apple Aperture Getting Started - Manual (Page 172)

172 Chapter 17 Printing Your Images
The Print dialog is divided into six areas:
Preset Name List
This column contains all presets, those that come with Aperture as well as new ones
that you create.
 Single Images: Displays settings for printing a single image per page.
 Contact Sheet: Displays settings for printing a series of images on one or more pages.
Copies & Pages
 Copies: Displays the number of copies of the image to print.
 Pages: Prints the entire selection of images or a reduced set.
Printer Selection
 Printer: Displays the printer that will print the images.
 Printer Settings: Click this button to choose a printer and adjust its settings.
 Paper Size: Choose a paper size from the list of available sizes.
 Orientation: Choose landscape or portrait orientation, or Best Fit.
 ColorSync Profile: Choose a printer profile to use when printing.
 Black Point Compensation: Select this checkbox to adjust the maximum black level of
your image to fit within the capabilities or gamut of your selected printer.
 Gamma: Choose a gamma setting to adjust the brightness of the image so that it
matches the display’s output as closely as possible.
Layout Options
 Scale To pop-up menu: When you select a single-image preset, you can use this
pop-up menu to choose whether to fit your image to the selected paper size, print a
specific image size, or print a custom image size. Fit Entire Image scales the image to
be as large as possible for the paper size without cropping the image. Fill Entire Page
makes the image fit the entire page, cropping the image if necessary. Custom allows
you to specify the image dimensions you’d like.
 “Number of pages” and “Number of columns and rows” buttons: When you select a
contact sheet preset, select one of these options to specify the number of pages that
you want the printed images to occupy, or the number of rows and columns of
images on the page.
 Metadata pop-up menu: When you select a contact sheet preset, choose a metadata
view to specify the metadata you want printed with your images.
 Font Size pop-up menu: When you select a contact sheet preset, choose the font size
of the metadata that will be printed.
 Print Resolution: Type the dot-per-inch (dpi) resolution at which you want to print
your image in the DPI field. You can also select the Use Best DPI checkbox to allow
Aperture to calculate the best print resolution for the images for the selected printer.