User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
Using Page Setup
If you always want to use the same settings when you print a particular document, you can save the
settings in the Page Setup dialog box. It’s a good idea to set these options when you create a
document so you can see page breaks correctly on the screen.
To set up pages for printing:
Choose File | Page Setup.
Page Setup options
Printer Select a printer from the drop-down list.
PPD If the printer you are using is a Postscript printer, also select a PPD
(Postscript Printer Description).
Fit To Paper Scales a document to fit within the page’s printable area. Remember that
objects outside the layout area, will not be printed.
Center On Paper Centers a document on the printed page. If you’re printing selected
objects only, Canvas shifts the selected items to the center of the printed
media. This option can be useful when you have selected objects that
you want to print in the center of the page, but they are not centered in
the document itself.
Tile Prints a large document by dividing it among “tiles” of printer pages.
Type an Overlap value in the text box so part of the document repeats at
the edge of adjoining tiles; the overlap makes it easier to assemble the
complete document after printing.
Printer Properties Click this button to set up the printer properties in the printer's print
driver.
Canvas can obtain the page orientation from the printer properties. Select the correct page
orientation in the Page Setup dialog box, deselect any objects in your document, and then,
in the Properties bar, select From Printer in the Paper menu.
Setting the print area
If you want to print only a selected area of a page, you can set the print area to define how much of
the page is printed. This can be especially useful for large documents that don't fit easily on standard
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