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 1. Select the Print command in the File menu.
2. Go to the Printer tab.
This tab allows you to change the printer just before printing begins, but it also enables you to change common printer settings like speed, darkness and print direction.
Note: C
hanges to the settings in the Printer tab will not be saved in the label b ut used only at print time.
Changing Dithering Options
Dithering is a process of converting color or gray scale pictures to b lack and white pictures that can be printed on thermal printers. Thermal p rinters normally cannot print color images and can either print a dot o n the label or not. There are no intermediate shades of gray.
During the dithering process all colors and shades of gray in the picture a re converted to black and white dots, creating the illusion of new colors a nd shades by varying the pattern of dots. Different shades of gray are p roduced by varying the patterns of black and white dots. There are no g ray dots at all. In printing, dithering is usually called half-toning, a nd shades of gray are called halftones.
To change the dithering settings, do the following:
1. Go to File – Printer Settings. The window with the printer settings will open.
2. Open the Dithering tab.
3. Change the Dithering type option to suit your needs. Look at the preview on the right side how you can expect the selected type to be applied on the label.
4. Click on the OK button.
5. Save the label by clicking the mand Save in the File menu.
button in the Standard toolbar or selecting the com-
Defining Unprintable Area
Unprintable area is the part of the label where the printer cannot print. Y
ou can virtually increase the size of the label by enabling unprintable a rea in the printer driver. The thermal printer can only print labels t hat are placed below the print head. If you have wider labels and the p rint head does not completely cover the label, the label part jutting o ut of the print head cannot be printed.
With unprintable area feature you can let the application know that t here is unusually wide label inserted into the printer. The labeling software will d raw vertical red lines identifying the unprintable area. The unprintable a rea is usually the label area left and right of the printer head.
The unprintable area is not a margin. The label objects are not shifted o n the label.
To define the unprintable area on the label, do the following:
1. Open the label in Designer Pro.
2. Select File -> Printer Settings.
3. Go to Options tab.
4. Enter the values for Unprintable Area.
For example:
You have a printer with 10 cm (4") printer head and a 12 cm wide label. Y
ou insert the label - 52 -