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Previewing print jobs

You can preview your work to show how the position and size of the print job will appear on paper. For a detailed view, you can zoom in on an area. You can view how the individual color separations will appear when printed. You can also increase the speed of a print preview by hiding the graphics.

Before printing your work, you can view a summary of issues for a print job to find potential printing problems. For example, you can check the current print job for print errors, possible print problems, and suggestions for resolving issues.


To preview a print job

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Print preview.

Photo Paint tip Previewing print jobs

 
You can quickly preview a print job in the Print dialog box by clicking File Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Print and clicking the Mini preview button Photo Paint pgx mini preview Previewing print jobs.

To magnify the preview page

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Print preview.
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Click View Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Zoom.
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Enable the Percent option, and type a value in the box.

Photo Paint tip Previewing print jobs

 
You can also magnify the preview page by choosing a preset zoom level.
 
You can also zoom in on a portion of the print preview by clicking the Zoom tool Photo Paint pgx zoom tool Previewing print jobs in the toolbox and marquee selecting an area.

To preview color separations

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Print preview.
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On the property bar, click the Enable color separations button Photo Paint pgx prn color sep Previewing print jobs.

Photo Paint tip Previewing print jobs

 
You can preview the composite by clicking View Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Preview separations Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Composite.
 
You can view individual color separations by clicking the tabs at the bottom of the application window.

To hide or display graphics

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Print preview.
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Click View Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Show image.
A check mark beside the menu command name indicates that graphics are displayed.

Photo Paint note Previewing print jobs

 
When the Show image menu command is disabled, the print job is represented by a bounding box that you can use to position and size the job.

To view a summary of issues for a print job

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Previewing print jobs Print.
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Click the Issues tab.
If you want to exclude certain issues from the preflight check, click Settings, double-click Printing, and disable any check boxes that correspond to issues you want overlooked.

Photo Paint tip Previewing print jobs

 
You can save settings by clicking the Add preflight settings button Photo Paint pgx add plus button Previewing print jobs and typing a name in the Save preflight style box.

Previewing print jobs