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Printing and Previewing Labels
Previewing Pictures
Whenyouplaceapictureonthelabel,indesignmodeitisalwaysshownincolor-depthasdefined
inthepicture.
However,whenpreviewingthelabelson-screen,thepreviewofthepicturesdependsonthedith-
eringoptionsetintheprinterdriver.Allcolorpictures(exceptWMFandEMFfiles)areconverted
tomonochromeimages.Theillusionofcolorsandshadesofgreyisaccomplishedbyvaryingthepat-
ternofdots.Moredotsclosetogetherwillprovidedarkershadeofgrey.
Thepreviewofthelabelwillshowpicturesinthesamewayastheywillbeprintedaccordinglyto
theditheringsetting.Moreaccurateprintpreviewisguaranteedthisway.
Ifthepictureisnotpreviewedasyouwouldliketoprintit,changetheditheringsettingintheprinter
driver.
Preview and Print a Label
Ifyouwanttoprintalabel,youcanusetheprintpreviewtosimulateaprintoutput.Thelabelpre-
viewshowsthelabelonthescreen.
Simulateprinting10labelsonthescreentochecklabellayoutandprintingprocedure.
1.
Clickon iconintheStandard toolbarorselectthecommandPrintinthe
Filemenu.ThePrintdialogboxappears.
2. Enter10forLabelQuantityandclickonthePreviewbutton.Thesoftwarewillclosethe
dialogboxandsimulatetheproductionfor10labelsonthescreen.
Note:
Youcanselectbetweenthequantityofthelabelsandthequantityofthepages.Thepagecanhave
oneormorelabelsandthelabelsarearrangedonthepageincolumnsandrows.Ifyouhaveeight
labelsonthepage,thequantityoftenpageswillprint80labels.
Whenyouarecertainthatthelabelswillbeprintedcorrectlyandthepreviewshowsthecorrect
values,youcanproceedtorealprinting.Toactuallyprintthelabels,dothefollowing:
1.
Clickon iconintheStandard toolbar.ThePrintdialogboxappears.
2. Enter10fortheLabelQuantityandclickonthePrintbutton.Yourprinterwillnow
print10labels.
Optimize the Printing Speed
Therearemanyfactorsthataffecttheprintingspeed.Byfollowingtheguidelinesbelowyoucandra-
maticallyincreasethespeedofprinting:
l Ifyourprintersupportsparallelandserialport,usetheparallelport.Computercansend
datatoprinteroverparallelportmuchfasterthanoverserialport.
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