Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
THE SIMPLE LIFE: PRINTING FROM THE WINDOWS ORGANIZER
In Windows, if you want to make individual prints from the Organizer, start by selecting the
photo(s) in the Organizer's Media Browser rather than in the Editor's Photo Bin. Other than that,
the process for printing individual images is exactly the same whether you start in the Editor or
the Organizer except for three details, which all involve clicking the More Options button at the
bottom of the Prints window:
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Image positioning
. The Editor always prints one photo per page, regardless of the relative
sizes of the photos and your paper, while the Organizer may place more than one photo on a
page if there's room. If you want to restrict the Organizer to placing only one image on a
sheet, then click the Prints window's More Options button, make sure Printing Choices is se-
lected on the left side of the window, and then turn on the One Photo Per Page checkbox.
(There's no Organizer equivalent of the Center Image checkbox in the Editor's Print win-
dow—Elements is totally in charge of positioning your photos when you print from the Or-
ganizer.)
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Max Print Resolution
. When you're in the Organizer's Prints window, if you go to More
Options→Custom Print Size, you'll see a box labeled “Max Print Resolution.” If you don't
make a change here, anything you print from the Organizer will print at 350 ppi or less (see
Changing the Size of an Image
for more about resolution and why this may—or may
not—matter to you).
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Color Management
. Unlike the color-management choices available in the Editor (
Color
Management
)
, when you start in the Organizer and go to More Options→Color Management,
the dialog box just lists your current
color space
(see
Choosing a Color Space
)
for your im-
age and a drop-down menu set to “Same as Source.” Leave that setting as is—you don't need
to change it.
Another handy Organizer feature is that you can mark photos for printing in Full Screen view
(
Full Screen View
). Then, when you return to Media view, a pop-up window gives you the option
of printing your photos or ordering prints online (
Ordering Prints
)
.
Positioning Your Image
In both the Windows and Mac versions of Elements, there are two main ways to adjust the
relationship between an image and the paper you print it on. Elements' Print window has
some controls for rotating and sizing the image, which are normally all you'll need. If you
don't want to print the whole image, you can even scoot the photo around within the preview
area to determine which
part
of it will print. And if you like, you can also call up the Page
