QuickLabel Designer Express - Manual (Page 90)

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Printing and Previewing Labels
Previewing Pictures
When you place a picture on the label, in design mode it is always shown in color-depth as defined
in the picture.
However, when previewing the labels on-screen, the preview of the pictures depends on the dith-
ering option set in the printer driver. All color pictures (except WMF and EMF files) are converted
to monochrome images. The illusion of colors and shades of grey is accomplished by varying the pat-
tern of dots. More dots close together will provide darker shade of grey.
The preview of the label will show pictures in the same way as they will be printed accordingly to
the dithering setting. More accurate print preview is guaranteed this way.
If the picture is not previewed as you would like to print it, change the dithering setting in the printer
driver.
Preview and Print a Label
If you want to print a label, you can use the print preview to simulate a print output. The label pre-
view shows the label on the screen.
Simulate printing 10 labels on the screen to check label layout and printing procedure.
1. Click on icon in the Standard toolbar or select the command Print in the
File menu. The Print dialog box appears.
2. Enter 10 for Label Quantity and click on the Preview button. The software will close the
dialog box and simulate the production for 10 labels on the screen.
Note:
You can select between the quantity of the labels and the quantity of the pages. The page can have
one or more labels and the labels are arranged on the page in columns and rows. If you have eight
labels on the page, the quantity of ten pages will print 80 labels.
When you are certain that the labels will be printed correctly and the preview shows the correct
values, you can proceed to real printing. To actually print the labels, do the following:
1. Click on icon in the Standard toolbar. The Print dialog box appears.
2. Enter 10 for the Label Quantity and click on the Print button. Your printer will now
print 10 labels.
Optimize the Printing Speed
There are many factors that affect the printing speed. By following the guidelines below you can dra-
matically increase the speed of printing:
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If your printer supports parallel and serial port, use the parallel port. Computer can send
data to printer over parallel port much faster than over serial port.