Quick start Guide

PrinTao 8 Effortless Professional Printing

The main window of PrinTao 8 is basically sectioned into

ve areas: The Mediathek (1), which optionally displays

Metadata (2) for the image selected at the workspace

or Mediathek. Furthermore a horizontal toolbar (3)

above, some tool palettes (4) and the central work-

ing area (5). Within these areas the entire process from

selecting images, dening page layout to the nal print

order will take place. It is not necessary to switch back

and forth between dierent program windows.

Images can be drawn from the Mediathek or the Finder

to the central working area using the mouse. Alterna-

tively, a le browser for importing images will open

when clicking the Place button in the top horizontal

toolbar. If an image is dropped besides the print media,

PrinTao 8 will insert it at the end of the document. If it is

dropped between two image cells, it is inserted there

and all following image cell move one position back. An

image can be overwritten by dropping another image

exactly above an image cell. PrinTao 8 adds further page

to the document if needed. If a template is used, which

already contains image cells, images can be directly

drawn to any of these cells.

Mediathek

The easiest way to select images for printing is to use

the Mediathek dialog located in the left sidebar. Folders

containing images can be drawn to the folders area (1)

using the mouse. Orders drawn here, will stay available

permanently. In this easy way, the Mediathek can be

arranged to personal requirements. Right-clicking on a

folder opens a context menu, which allows to remove

this folder, to open it in the Finder, or to reload it.

Alternatively, images can be drawn directly from the

Finder to the PrinTao 8 window.

The content of A selected folder is shown in the lower

part of the Mediathek as a preview (2). This preview

can be displayed as thumbnails, list of le names or

thumbnails including details. A switch changes the

kind of preview display (3) and a slider adjusts the size

(4) of the thumbnails. Additionally, the text eld works

as a lter for quick searching for an image name inside

the selected folder.