I need a smarter print option...

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I need a smarter print option...

Hi!

I'm printing two-pages-on-one-sheet with Preview in Lion. But it prints too much white space around the text, and the text itself is too small. With Snow I used the option "Print two images" or similar, but it doesn't exist any more... There is only the standard way: Layout - Pages for sheet - 2 . But it isn't very smart...

I attached two images:

What I want (from Snow):

What I have:

Seba.

P.S. I'm sorry for my English.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), Print options in Preview.

Posted on Nov 29, 2011 2:09 PM

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Answer 1

Dave B.

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Nov 29, 2011 6:54 PM in response to iSebastiano

Can you widen all margins?

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iSebastiano Author

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Nov 30, 2011 2:49 AM in response to Dave B.

I tried to do it, but I can't, for example, print without white margins at all, with the text reaching the end of the sheet... If I could make so, then I'd solve my problem...

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PAHU

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Nov 30, 2011 3:00 AM in response to iSebastiano

You could try increasing the scale. Looking at your two images you can see that SL is printing the document at a larger scale than Lion.

From the print dialog, with the Preview menu selected, change the scale to 105% or even 110% to see if that is better.

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iSebastiano Author

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Nov 30, 2011 2:23 PM in response to PAHU

I found the smarter option! I can set the margin with negative values, and so I can enlarge the space for the text. If I increase only the scale, the text will be cut in order to remain into a rectangle.

Tank you for patience.

Sebastiano.

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