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Setting up to print
When you print a document in FreeHand, choose File > Print to display the Print dialog box. The printer you select determines the options you see in the Print dialog box.
Print dialog box (Windows)
Print dialog box (Macintosh)
In the Print dialog box, you can select general options such as page range, number of copies, and output destination (whether to output the document to a printer or to a PostScript file). You can also select a PostScript Printer Description (PPD) when outputting to a PostScript device, select Print Settings to control prepress options, assign Color Management settings, and other options.
To set printing options:
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Choose File > Print or click the Print button in the Main toolbar to display the Print dialog box. |
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In the Print dialog box, choose a printer from the Printer menu. Your selection is saved with the document or template. |
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Click Properties (Windows) or select General from the pop-up menu (Macintosh) to display the printer properties. |
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Select the Print Range: Print the entire document, the current page, a specific page range, or only selected objects. For Output Copies, enter the number of copies to print. |
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Choose the output destination: |
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In Windows, select Print to File to create a PostScript file, or deselect the option to send the output file to the Printer. |
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On the Macintosh, from the Destination menu choose File to create a PostScript file or choose Printer to send the output file to the Printer. |
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On the Macintosh, choose FreeHand from the pop-up menu to display the FreeHand print options. |
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For Print Setting, choose an option from the pop-up menu to assign predefined prepress settings for color separations and other options. To customize prepress settings, see Setting PostScript prepress options. |
Note: The options in steps 7-9 are not available for non-PostScript printers in Windows. |
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Select Use PPD to display and select available PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files. The name of the selected PPD appears to the right. For more information, see Choosing a PPD. |
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When using a PostScript printer, for Output choose one of the following options: |
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Choose Composite to print all ink colors on a single page, to preview how four-color process artwork will appear when printed. |
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Choose Separations to print each spot and process color ink on separate pages, for creating printouts of color separations. |
Note: If you experience trouble printing fonts to a non-PostScript printer, select Convert Text to Objects to print text as objects. |
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For Scale Percentage, choose one of the following options to scale the printed document horizontally or vertically, without affecting the original document: |
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Select Uniform and enter a value to print an illustration larger or smaller than actual size. |
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Select Variable and enter a separate value for horizontal (x) and vertical (y) dimensions to print an illustration larger or smaller than actual size. |
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Select Fit on Paper to scale each page to fit into the printable area. |
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Select Tile to print a large document on separate sheets, or a number of small pages on a large sheet (see Tiling pages for printing). Choose Manual or Automatic tiling. If you select Automatic tiling, enter a value for overlap. |
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Select Selected Objects Only to print only the currently selected objects. |
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On the Macintosh, click Save Settings to save your settings. |
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Click OK (Windows) or Print (Macintosh). |
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