Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 412)

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Print an object on all plates
If you want to print an object on all plates in the printing process, including spot-color plates, you can convert it to
a registration color. Registration marks, trim marks, and page information are automatically assigned registration
colors.
1 Select the object.
2 In the Swatches panel, click the Registration color swatch , located in the first row of swatches, by default.
To change the on-screen appearance of the registration color from the default black, use the Color panel. The color
you specify will be used for representing registration-colored objects on the screen. These objects will always print as
gray on composites and as an equal tint of all inks in separations.
Setting up pages for printing
Reposition artwork on the page
The preview image in the Print dialog box shows you where artwork will be printed on the page.
1 Choose File > Print.
2 Do one of the following:
• Drag the artwork in the preview image at the lower left corner of the dialog box.
• Select Setup on the left side of the Print dialog box. Click a square or arrow on the Placement icon to specify the
origin point for aligning the artwork in relation to the page. Enter values for Origin X and Origin Y to fine-tune
the position of the artwork.
To move the printable area directly on the artboard, drag in the illustration window with the Page tool. As you drag,
the Page tool responds as if you were moving the printable area from its lower left corner. You can move the printable
area anywhere on the artboard; however, any part of a page that extends past the printable area boundary is not printed.
See also
“Layers panel overview” on page 211
“Create, edit, and delete crop areas” on page 38
Print artwork on multiple pages
If you are printing artwork that cannot fit on a single page, you can tile the artwork onto multiple pages.
1 Choose File > Print.
2 Select Setup from the list of options on the left side of the Print dialog box, and select a Tiling option:
Tile Full Pages Divides the artboard into full media-sized pages for output.
Tile Imageable Areas Divides the artboard into pages based on what the selected device can image. This option is
useful for outputting artwork that is larger than your device can handle, because it allows you to reassemble tiled
pieces into the original larger artwork.
3 (Optional) If you selected Tile Full Pages, set the Overlap option to specify the amount of overlap between pages.
4 (Optional) Select General on the left side of the Print dialog box. Specify how many copies to print, how to collate
copies, and in which order to print the pages.