Options Dialog

This dialog allows changing the FinePrint settings for each of the available printers on your system. Since printers have different methods of paper handling, this dialog allows you specify how FinePrint should handle each of the printers. This dialog box is available by clicking the Options button on the FinePrint Preview tab.

Printer Wizard
The Wizard determines the capabilities of your printer and sets the correct options for duplex printing. It can also determine if there are special corrections that FinePrint needs to applu to support a paticular printer. Click the Wizard button at the bottom of the Options dialog box and follow the sequence of screens and test prints and your printer will be properly configured.

Note: You can also change the printer settings directly without using the Wizard if you prefer by using the controls described below.

Paper tray
FinePrint permits selection of output paper trays on printers that have them. The trays for the first sheet and subsequent sheets can be selected.

Reverse Printing
This option is useful for inkjet or other printers that require manual reverse collation of pages when printing is complete. Note that this option may be required for proper operation of double-sided printing if you have such a printer. If your printer delivers pages in the reverse order, you should check this option before attempting double-sided printing. Checking this option would, for example, print the pages of a 5 page document in the following order: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Collate multiple copies
Turns collation on or off.

Printer duplex capabilities

Printer has automatic duplex
Some printers have special hardware that supports double-sided printing. Select this option if your printer has such hardware. If your printer is not capable of automatic duplex printing, select Manual duplex. Automatic duplex printers sometimes do not orient the back sides according to standard conventions and there are two check boxes (portrait/landscape produces vertical flipping) available here to correct this. It is recommended that the Wizard be used to help select the correct settings.
Printer requires manual Duplex
Use this choice if your printer does not have special duplex hardware. If you do not use the Wizard, you will need to determine if your printer requires you rotate or flip the paper. Check the boxes appropriate options for the current printer.

Note: In the Manual Duplex mode, after FinePrint is done printing all of the front sides of the sheets, a dialog box will appear prompting to re-insert the pages into the printer for printing on the backside (side that has not yet been printed) of the sheets. Press OK on the dialog box when the sheets have been re-inserted into the printer.

Orientation
FinePrint will automatically calculate the most efficient page layout in most cases. In cases where the default needs overriding, use these options:

Portrait - formats all layouts using portrait orientation
Landscape - formats all layouts using landscape orientation
Smart - automatically selects portrait or landscape based on the current layout (default)

Printer Corrections
While FinePrint works correctly on most printers, some printers require a corrections. For this reason, FinePrint provides these corrections:

Portrait/landscape produces vertical flipping
Some printers, notably the HP Laserjet 4000, require an adjustment in order to have the back sides of the sheets print in the proper orientation. If you are printing booklets and the back sides are reversed, check this box.

Note: This option applies only to printers that have automatic duplex.

PDF font correction
Check this box if your fonts are not printed correctly from Adobe Acrobat.

Colored Text Processing
This combo box has options to control how colored text is processed.

Draw Normally - colored text will print correctly with this option in most cases.
Color correction - select if colored text is missing or if watermarks do not print or are printed in black.
Convert to black - convert all colored text be drawn as black.

Rotated Pages
This combo box has options to control how pages are rotated in the case where a document or group of documents has pages in both landscape and portrait orientations.

Rotate entire page
Use this option if your computer has a lot of memory and can rotate large graphics in a single operation.
Rotate in pieces
This is the default option and it uses memory most efficiently by rotating smaller sections of a page.
Do not rotate
Select this option if you do not want pages rotated. This will "letterbox" the page within the available area of the standard page rectangle.

Extra Margins
Set this option if you are missing any borders or are experiencing truncation of content when printing. This adjustment increases the margin from the sheet by the specified number of pixels. Print a Test Page to determine the correct number of pixels.

Test Page
FinePrint will print a test page showing how many pixels to apply to the margin correction.

Custom settings
This button displays the properties dialog associated with the currently selected printer. From here, you can create custom settings for your printer to be used when using FinePrint.

Restore default settings
This button will restore the default settings for your printer when used with FinePrint.