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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
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Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click Reset to reset the print options.
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Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) and click Remember to save the print options without closing the
dialog box.
Note:
If you get a warning that your image is larger than the paper’s printable area, click Cancel, choose File > Print With
Preview, and select the Scale To Fit Media box. Click Page Setup to make any changes to your paper size and layout, and
attempt to print the file again.
To preview the current image position and options
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Position the pointer over the file information box (at the bottom of the application window in Windows or the
document window in Mac OS) and hold down the mouse button.
Positioning and scaling images
You can adjust the position and scale of an image and preview how the image will be printed on the selected paper
using the Print With Preview command. 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 With Preview 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 With Preview dialog box, the image will print at 144 ppi; however, the
document size settings in the Image Size dialog box will not change.
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 With Preview command affects only the size of the printed image (and
not the size of page marks).
Note:
The Print With Preview command 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 With Preview
command rather than the Page Setup command; do not enter a scaling percentage in both dialog boxes.
See also
“Adjusting image size and resolution” on page 182
To reposition an image on the paper
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Choose File > Print With Preview, and do one of the following:
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Select Center Image to center the image in the printable area.
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Deselect Center Image and then enter values for Top and Left to position the image numerically.
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Deselect Center Image, and drag the image in the preview area.
To scale the print size of an image
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Choose File > Print With Preview, and do one of the following:
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Click Scale To Fit Media to fit the image within the printable area of the selected paper.
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With Scale To Fit Media deselected, enter values for Height and Width to rescale the image numerically.
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Select Show Bounding Box, and drag a bounding box handle in the preview area to achieve the desired scale.
