Printing thumbnails and oversized documents, Print thumbnails, Printing oversized documents – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Printing
Last updated 11/16/2011
Weight
Displays possible weights for crop and bleed mark lines.
Offset
Specifies how far from the edge of the page (not the bleed) InDesign will draw printer’s marks. By default,
InDesign draws printer’s marks 6 points from the edge of the page. To avoid drawing printer’s marks on a bleed, be
sure to enter an Offset value greater than the Bleed value.
Change the page position on the media
When you print a document to a cut-sheet media size that is larger than the document size, you can control where the
slug and bleed areas, printer’s marks, and page fall on the media by using the Page Position options in the Setup area
of the Print dialog box. If a document doesn’t fit the media and needs to be clipped, you can specify which part of the
document is clipped. The preview image in the Print dialog box shows the results.
Note: To see the bleed and slug areas and printer’s marks, use the Scale To Fit option instead of Page Position; scaled
pages are always centered. The Page Position options are unavailable when Scale To Fit, Thumbnails, or Tile is selected.
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In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, choose a position in the Page Position menu.
Printing thumbnails and oversized documents
For detailed information and instructions, click the links below.
Print thumbnails
To fit multiple pages on a single page, you can create thumbnails—small preview versions of your document.
Thumbnails are useful for verifying content and organization. Where appropriate, InDesign automatically changes the
paper orientation to provide the best fit of the page to the paper; however, you’ll need to reset the original orientation
if you deselect the Thumbnails option.
Note: When you print thumbnails, printer’s marks and any items in the bleed and/or slug areas are excluded.
1 In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, select Thumbnails.
2 In the menu, choose the number of thumbnails per page.
Printing oversized documents
Although you can create InDesign documents as large as 18-by-18 feet, most desktop printers cannot print such large
pages.
To print an oversized document on your desktop printer, you can print each page of your document in pieces, called
tiles, and then trim and assemble those pieces. If you prefer, you can scale the document to fit the available paper size.
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