Basic Printing

Note:

On the Macintosh, printer settings are saved with your document, but you can’t save them from one application to another. You’ll have to check your settings each time you print from a new application.

If you want to reuse settings, you can create custom setting groups in your printer software that you can select each time you open an application. See page 2-33 for details.

This section describes the settings you’ll need to make for all your everyday printouts. See Chapter 2 for information about advanced settings.

Follow these steps to print from your word processor or other Macintosh application:

1.Choose Page Setup from the File menu. You see the Page Setup dialog box.

2.Choose your paper size and other page setup options and click OK. See page 2-17 for details.

3.Choose Print from the File menu or click the print icon in your application. You see a dialog box like the following:

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Click to select your media type

4.Choose the number of copies and indicate which pages you want to print.

5.Make sure the Mode option is set to Automatic. The printer software determines the best settings for your print job. This is the easiest way to get good printing results on all types of paper.

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