Printing Single Image Side by Side

You can print a single image (job) side by side on media. You can also select a part of the image and print it side by side or shift the image in the vertical or horizontal direction.

  1. Select a job to print from the job list and click the right-mouse button.
  2. Click [Step & Repeat].
    The [Step & Repeat Settings] window appears.
    Menu: [Job]–[Step & Repeat]
    1Preview area
    2 Layout area
  3. Select the part of the image (clip area) to print side by side. To print the whole image side by side, proceed to Step 4 without setting the clip area.
    There are two ways to set the clip area.
    Entering the values numerically
    1. In [Size], enter the width and height of the clip area.
    2. In [Top Left Position], enter the location of the top left corner of the clip area with the origin at the top left corner of the image.
      The clipped area appears in the layout area side by side.

      Note
      • [Top Left Position] can only be set where the area set in [Size] does not go beyond the edges of the original image. Be sure to set [Size] before specifying [Top Left Position].

    Dragging the mouse over the preview area

    1 Clip line
    2 Clip point
    3 Clip area
    1. In the layout area, click .
    2. Point to the clip point (small square) on the clip line (red line).
      The pointer becomes a .
    3. Drag the clip point to set the clip area.
      The clipped area appears in the layout area side by side.
    Tip
    • To fine tune the clip area, use or to enlarge the preview image, and then drag the clip point.
    You can combine both methods to fine tune the clip area.
    For example, use the mouse to set the clip area roughly, and then fine tune it by entering the values numerically.
  4. In [Output Settings], set the [W] (width) and [H] (height) of the output image.
    Make adjustments according to the media size and number of images to be printed side by side. To print the whole image side by side, the media size should be larger than the image size.
  5. In [Output Settings][Offset], fine tune the position of the image in the [Horizontal] and [Vertical] directions.
  6. In [Output Settings][Stepping Type], set how to arrange the images.
    Normal Repeat
    Aligns the horizontal and vertical positions of the repeated images.
    Horizontal Repeat
    Shifts the repeated image in the horizontal direction.
    Vertical Repeat
    Shifts the repeated image in the vertical direction.
  7. In [Output Settings][Ratio], set the shift ratio. (Only when [Horizontal Repeat] or [Vertical Repeat] is selected in [Stepping Type])
  8. Click [OK] when you have confirmed how the images are positioned in the layout area.
    Tip
    • You can set the accuracy of preview images displayed in the preview area and layout area in [Preview Accuracy].



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