Printing

The chapter "Email and Printing" in the manual gives a comprehensive description.

Select images to print, then click on the button "Print" of the QuickStep Bar or the "Print" button on the toolbar.

The "Print" button on the QuickStep bar shows you the "Print" menu.

Select one or more images, then choose one of the print options:

"Standard Print" invokes the Standard Print panel .

"Print Project" invokes the selection of styles for greeting cards, calendars, CD covers, etc.

"Custom Print" invokes the Print Spooler panel.

The "Print Projects" button on the QuickStep bar invokes the selection of styles directly.

Print Spooler

The selected images appear in the Print Spooler panel. The "View" button on the left toggles the image list between different display styles.

The buttons on the right control the print process in detail, such as the size, number and layout of images.

Number of Prints Per Image

This button opens a panel to choose the number of times an individual image is printed.

This can be helpful, if various guests of an event ask for copies of different photos you took. Select one or multiple images in the print queue, click the "Prints per Image" button, then enter the number of prints needed.

Print Settings

Click this button to change the cutout area, orientation or size of an image.

The drop-down list "Image Size" lists popular image sizes. The cropping handles in the image preview area will adjust automatically if the aspect ratio of the chosen picture format is different than that of the picture itself. Any excess area is filled with a background color, which can be selected by clicking the "Background" button.

To crop the image to the picture format, drag the cropping handles in the image preview area. If the aspect ratio is locked, two perpendicular cropping handles will automatically move proportionally. To define the exact cutout area, click in the center between the cropping handles and drag the cutout.

You may freely define any custom sizes and formats. For details on these advanced capabilties, see the chapter "Print Settings Panel" in the Online Help.

Submitting to Printer

After choosing appropriate options for each image, proceed by clicking the "Print" button. This will place all images in the Print Spooler. To choose specific images for printing, select those images in the Print Spooler before clicking the "Print" button.

The "Print" panel opens.

If you have access to more than one printer, choose one from the drop-down list. The "Settings" button will allow you to change options that are hardware-specific.

Two buttons allow you to limit the print process to any images that were selected from the Print Spooler - or to disregard the selection and print all images.

The "Copies per Page" option determines how often each page will be printed.

Use the "Crop marks" option, if you intend to cut the printed images with the help of a ruler and cropping blade.

Click the Print Preview button to view the effect of any options you have chosen.

"Images per Page" can be used to limit the number of images that are printed on the same page. This may be helpful when pages are intended for a photo album. The "Maximum" option will minimize the use of expensive photo paper.

"Optimize Utilization" will change the order and orientation of images across all pages to minimize the number of printed pages. This option should be used, if you plan to cut the individual images from the printed page.

"Center on Page" will center the page content on the paper. This will produce the most aesthetically pleasing look.

"Optimize Quality" will determine the exact resolution of the printer. If necessary, images are printed slightly larger, to match the printer resolution. The results are higher-quality prints - however, the printing process may be slowed down significantly. It may require some experimenting to determine, whether the possibly slight improvements in quality warrant the increased printing time.