Operation Manual

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To select a binding method
1
Click File Print preview.
2
Click the Imposition layout tool .
3 Choose Edit basic settings from the What to edit list box on the property bar.
4 Type values in the Pages across/down boxes.
If you want the page to be double-sided, click the Single/double sided button .
5 Choose one of the following binding methods from the Binding mode list box:
• Perfect binding — cuts apart individual pages and glues them at the spine
• Saddle stitch — folds pages and inserts them into one another
• Collate and cut — collates and stacks all signatures together
• Custom binding — lets you arrange the pages that are printed in each signature
If you choose either Saddle stitch or Custom binding, type a value in the corresponding box.
When you click the Single/double sided button for double-sided printing, and you are printing on a non-duplex printing device,
a wizard automatically provides instructions on how to insert the paper into the printer, so that you can print on both sides of the
page.
To arrange pages
1
Click File Print preview.
2
Click the Imposition layout tool .
3 Choose Edit page placements from the What to edit list box on the property bar.
4 Click one of the following buttons:
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Intelligent auto-ordering — automatically arranges the pages on a signature
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Sequential auto-ordering — arranges the pages from left to right and top to bottom
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Cloned auto-ordering — places the working page in each frame of the printable page
If you want to arrange the page numbering manually, click on the page and specify the page number in the Page sequence number
box.
5 Choose an angle from the Page rotation list box.
To edit gutters
1
Click File Print preview.
2
Click the Imposition layout tool .
3 Choose Edit gutters and finishing from the What to edit list box on the property bar.
4 Click one of the following buttons:
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Auto gutter spacing — sizes gutters so that the document’s pages fill the entire available space in the layout
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Equal gutters — lets you set equal horizontal and vertical gutters
5 Click one of the following buttons:
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Cut location — places cut marks between pages
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Fold location — places fold marks between pages