Printer features

From: Steve Rindsberg (abuse_at_localhost.com)
Date: 10/18/04 

Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:05:19 EDT

The answers to some questions regarding PPT printing depend on printer driver
and its features.

I'm curious to find out a bit more about which drivers support what features.
This will help us answer printing questions more quickly and w/o subjecting
users to 20-questions about their printer/driver.

If you'd like to play, could you please reply and fill in the following:

If you use one of the following, no need to fill in the blanks; got it covered
already:

- Printers that use the standard MS PostScript driver
- Printers that use the Adobe PS driver (got it, will install it later)
- Epson C84, Epson Stylus Photo 820

So. Here we go:

Manufacturer and model:

Next, check the printer properties page (Start, Settings, Control Panel,
Printers, rightclick the printer and choose Preferences) Does your printer
have the following features (see below for explanation):

Print in reverse order:

Rotate page 180 degrees:

Mirror image printing:

Reduced/Enlarged printing:
   - Scaling to specific size/paper size:
   - Scaling to specific percentage:
   
Poster printing (tiling):

N-Up printing:

Borderless printing:

Centered printing:

Thanks!

Reverse order: prints pages from last to first in case you have special
collating needs

Rotate 180: rotates printed image (usually in landscape mode) so that it reads
correctly when the pages are bound, for example

Mirror: prints a mirror image of the page (useful for making decals, iron-ons
etc)

N-Up: prints multiple pages per *** of paper (ie, something like
PowerPoint's 2, 3, 4, and 6 per page handouts)

Poster/Tile: splits one large page of output over many sheets of paper,
usually with a user-settable amount of overlap, so that you can assemble the
sheets into one large poster image

Borderless: most printers can't print clear to the edge of the page; some can
(may require special media)

Centered: most inkjets have a larger trailing than leading physical border,
which causes programs like PPT to print slides off center. This feature makes
the printer driver report even margins all around (by reporting a smaller page
size) so that PPT prints slightly smaller but centered slide images.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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