Position and scale images, Reposition an image on the paper, Position and – Adobe Photoshop CS4 User Manual
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Printing
Last updated 1/10/2010
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To preserve the options and close the dialog box, click Done.
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To print one copy of the image, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac
OS), and click Print One.
Note: If you get a warning that your image is larger than the printable area of the paper, click Cancel, choose File > Print,
and select the Scale To Fit Media box. To make changes to your paper size and layout, click Page Setup, and attempt to
print the file again.
Set page setup options
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Choose File
> Page Setup, or click Page Setup in the Print dialog box.
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Set paper size, source, and page orientation as desired.
The available options depend on your printer, printer drivers, and operating system.
Note: If you plan to scale the printed image, choose File > Print and use the scaling options in the Print dialog box rather
than the Page Setup dialog box. The Print dialog box is more helpful because it shows you a preview of the scaled image.
Also, you don’t want to set the scaling options in both the Page Setup and Print dialog boxes. This applies scaling twice,
and the resulting image may not be printed at the intended size.
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(Optional) In the Print dialog box, change your currently selected printer by choosing a different printer from the
Printer pop-up menu.
Position and scale images
You can adjust the position and scale of an image using options in the Print dialog box. The shaded border at the edge
of the paper represents the margins of the selected paper; the printable area is white.
The base output size of an image is determined by the document size settings in the Image Size dialog box. Scaling an
image in the Print dialog box changes the size and resolution of the printed image only. For example, if you scale a
72-ppi image to 50% in the Print dialog box, the image will print at 144 ppi; however, the document size settings in the
Image Size dialog box will not change. The Print Resolution field below the Scaled Print Size area shows the print
resolution at the current scaling setting.
Many printer drivers, such as AdobePS™ and LaserWriter, provide a scaling option in the Page Setup dialog box. This
scaling affects everything on the page, including the size of all page marks, such as crop marks and captions, whereas
the scaling percentage provided by the Print command affects only the size of the printed image (and not the size of
page marks).
Note: The Print dialog box may not reflect accurate values for Scale, Height, and Width if you set a scaling percentage in
the Page Setup dialog box. To avoid inaccurate scaling, specify scaling using the Print dialog box rather than the Page
Setup dialog box; do not enter a scaling percentage in both dialog boxes.
More Help topics
About pixel dimensions and printed image resolution
Reposition an image on the paper
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Choose File
> Print, and do one of the following:
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To center the image in the printable area, select Center Image.
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To position the image numerically, deselect Center Image, and then enter values for Top and Left.
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Deselect Center Image, and drag the image in the preview area.