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Printing

Last updated 11/30/2015

4 For Overlap, type the minimum amount of duplicated information you want printed on each tile for ease in

assembly. The Overlap option uses the unit of measure specified for the document. The value should be greater than

the minimum nonprinting margins for the printer. You can specify up to half the size of the shortest side of the

document page to overlap. For example, tiles for a page that measures 11-by-17 inches (279.4mm-by-431.8mm) can

overlap up to 5.5 inches (139.7mm).

Tile a document manually

While tiling a document automatically prints all the tiles at once, tiling a document manually requires you to print each

tile separately.

1 If necessary, choose View > Show Rulers to display the rulers.

2 Drag the intersection of the rulers to reset the zero point to the desired upper-left corner of the tile you want to print.

Remember to leave room for overlap and printer’s marks.

The size and shape of the area InDesign prints is determined by the current paper size and orientation.

3 Choose File > Print, and then click Setup on the left.

4 In the Setup area, select Tile, and then choose Manual in the Tile menu.

Scale documents

To fit an oversized document on a smaller piece of paper, you can scale the document’s width and height, either

symmetrically or asymmetrically. Asymmetric scaling is useful when, for example, you’re printing film for use on a

flexographic press: If you know in which direction the plate will be mounted on the press drum, scaling can compensate

for the 2% to 3% stretching of the plate that usually occurs. Scaling does not affect the size of the pages in the document.

Note: When you print spreads, each spread is scaled separately.

Scale a document manually

1 Choose File > Print.

2 In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, select Width to activate the Width and Height boxes.

3 To maintain current document width to height proportions, select Constrain Proportions. Otherwise, make sure

that this option is unselected.

4 Type percentages from 1 to 1000 in the Width and Height boxes. If you selected Constrain Proportions, you need to

enter only one value; the other is updated automatically.

Scale a document automatically

1 In the Setup area of the Print dialog box, make sure that the Tile and Thumbnail options are unselected. (When these

options are selected, the Scale To Fit option is unavailable.)

2 Select Scale To Fit. The scaling percentage, which is determined by the imageable area defined by the selected PPD,

appears next to the Scale To Fit option.