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Understanding smart software features The printer driver provides the following smart software features. To access the printer driver, see Printing a document. NOTE Some features are only available in Windows. To find more information on a specific feature in the Windows printer driver, right-click the feature and select What's This? You can access some of these features from the Printing Shortcuts tab. Open the printer driver, select the Printing Shortcuts tab, and select the feature from the What do you want to do? drop-down list. ■ Borderless Printing: Use the entire page surface when printing photos and cards using the borderless printing feature. See Printing borderless. ■ Resizing Options: Enlarge or reduce the size of your documents with virtually no loss in print quality or resolution. On the Effects tab, select the Print Document On check box, and then select the desired document size, followed by the Scale to Fit check box. You can also select Center On Page to center your document on the printed page. Alternatively, you can use the % of Normal Size scroll bar to adjust the document size. You can zoom from 25 to 400% of the original document size, but page content may get truncated at times. ■ Print on Both Sides: Print on both sides of the paper to create professional looking brochures and catalogs. See Printing on both sides (duplexing). ■ Minimize Margins: Print closer to the bottom edge of the page. On the Paper/Quality tab, select the Minimize Margins check box, and then reduce the document margins by adjusting the page setup settings in the application being used. ■ HP Digital Photography: Use a variety of settings to improve the quality of your printed photographs. The HP Digital Photography features should be used for high-resolution images (600 dpi or higher) printed on photo-quality paper. On the Paper/Quality tab, click HP Digital Photography after you have selected a photo media. ■ Booklet Layout: Produce booklets without worrying about pagination. All you need to do is fold the pages and bind them into a booklet. You can choose to bind the booklet on the left or right side by selecting left or right edge binding. See Printing booklets. ■ Pages per Sheet: Arrange up to 16 pages on a single sheet of paper to reduce printing costs. You can arrange the order of the layout. See Printing multiple pages on a single sheet of paper. ■ Tiling or poster printing: Take a one-page document and enlarge it up to five times (5 x 5) for documents up to A3+ (13 x 19 inch) size. The enlarged document can be printed on several sheets and assembled to form a large billboard. See Printing posters. ■ Mirror Image: Flip a page horizontally. This lets you write on the underside of a transparency film, leaving the top side available for annotations with marker pens. For Windows, on the Basics tab select the Mirror Image check box. For Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP, Mirror Image is located in the Advanced tab. ■ Banner printing: Print large images and bold, oversized fonts on continuous feeds of paper. See Printing banners. Understanding smart software features 45

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Understanding smart software features
The printer driver provides the following smart software features. To access the printer driver, see
Printing
a
document
.
NOTE
Some features are only available in Windows. To find more information on a specific
feature in the Windows printer driver, right-click the feature and select
What's This?
You can access some of these features from the
Printing Shortcuts
tab. Open the printer
driver, select the
Printing Shortcuts
tab, and select the feature from the
What do you want
to do?
drop-down list.
Borderless Printing
: Use the entire page surface when printing photos and cards using the
borderless printing feature. See
Printing
borderless
.
Resizing Options
: Enlarge or reduce the size of your documents with virtually no loss in print
quality or resolution. On the
Effects
tab, select the
Print Document On
check box, and then
select the desired document size, followed by the
Scale to Fit
check box. You can also select
Center On Page
to center your document on the printed page.
Alternatively, you can use the
% of Normal Size
scroll bar to adjust the document size. You can
zoom from 25 to 400% of the original document size, but page content may get truncated at times.
Print on Both Sides
: Print on both sides of the paper to create professional looking brochures
and catalogs. See
Printing
on
both
sides
(duplexing)
.
Minimize Margins
: Print closer to the bottom edge of the page. On the
Paper/Quality
tab, select
the
Minimize Margins
check box, and then reduce the document margins by adjusting the page
setup settings in the application being used.
HP Digital Photography
: Use a variety of settings to improve the quality of your printed
photographs. The HP Digital Photography features should be used for high-resolution images
(600 dpi or higher) printed on photo-quality paper. On the
Paper/Quality
tab, click
HP Digital
Photography
after you have selected a photo media.
Booklet Layout
: Produce booklets without worrying about pagination. All you need to do is fold
the pages and bind them into a booklet. You can choose to bind the booklet on the left or right
side by selecting left or right edge binding. See
Printing
booklets
.
Pages per Sheet
: Arrange up to 16 pages on a single sheet of paper to reduce printing costs.
You can arrange the order of the layout. See
Printing
multiple
pages
on
a
single
sheet
of
paper
.
Tiling or poster printing
: Take a one-page document and enlarge it up to five times (5 x 5) for
documents up to A3+ (13 x 19 inch) size. The enlarged document can be printed on several
sheets and assembled to form a large billboard. See
Printing
posters
.
Mirror Image
: Flip a page horizontally. This lets you write on the underside of a transparency
film, leaving the top side available for annotations with marker pens.
For Windows, on the
Basics
tab select the
Mirror Image
check box. For Windows 2000,
Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP,
Mirror Image
is located in the
Advanced
tab.
Banner printing
: Print large images and bold, oversized fonts on continuous feeds of paper.
See
Printing
banners
.
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