User`s manual

Chapter 10 - Printing Basics
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• Next, deselect anything selected and choose a new
color to represent the print area. In this example, we
will use yellow. Select the rectangle tool again and
trace the safe area of the guide.
• Zoom in and make
sure that the edges
line up with the
guides. Do this on
all 4 sides.
Click File>Export. We recommend exporting as an EPS. An EPS le will open in almost any
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graphics application. Open the EPS in your “third-party program” and make sure that your page
size is 17 x 31 (Express in this example).
Use the guides tool to re-create the print area by adding a guide to each side of the yellow box.
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Select the “lock guides” option. Once this is done, you can delete the eps le (or layer) and re-save
the document as a new “third party software” template for future use.
Resolutions, Speed and Quality
The resolution you choose will not only determine print quality, but print speed as well. If you use a lower
resolution Print Mode, you will achieve a much faster print speed, but may not get the quality needed
for photo images. Lower resolutions apply fewer ink dots per inch (DPI), which allows the Print Head to
move much faster.
If you use higher resolution Print Modes, you will notice a decrease in print speed but an improvement
in image quality. A higher DPI increases print quality by increasing the density of the dots per inch.
Therefore, we recommend a lower resolution for cartoon images, but a higher resolution for photo type
images.
Also, we recommend the use of HS (high speed) print modes for faster printing. These also work great for
full-cover underbases.
Saving a Spooled Print File