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click on the Print button on the toolbar, press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on Mac), or choose File -
> Print from the menu. To switch printer dialogs click on the arrow next to the print button
and select the print dialog you wish to use.
Print Dialogs
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Print with Windows/Mac/Linux: Prints the PDF using the default system print dialog.
The settings in this dialog will be determined by the operating system.
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Print with PDF Studio: Prints the PDF using the PDF Studio dialog. Below is a list of
the available settings when using the PDF Studio Print Dialog
Print Options
The below print options are available when using the PDF Studio Print dialog. Settings
options will be enabled and disabled based on what the printer tells PDF Studio is available.
Note: There may be some cases where the printer may support an option that is listed as
disabled because it was not reported as available to PDF Studio. If this is the case you will
need to use the System Print dialog instead.
General
Printer Name - The name of the printer you wish to print to
Page Range - The range of pages to be printed
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All Pages: all pages in the document
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Current Page: the current page being displayed
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Page Range: set the pages to be printed using the From and To options
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Even Pages Only: only print the even pages
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Odd Pages Only: only print the odd pages
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Reverse Pages: reverse the order in which the pages will come out of the printer
Copies - The number of copies of the document to be printed
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Collate: Keeps pages in order when printing multiple copies. For example, if unchecked,
two copies of a three-page document will print in this order: 1,1,2,2,3,3. If checked, the
order will be 1,2,3,1,2,3. This option is not available when printing only one copy.
Print Options - The printing options below will be set by default but can be customized
under Edit -> Preferences and selecting the Print tab.
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Center In Page: center the page in the paper. No effect if the pages in a document are
larger than the paper they are being printed on.
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Shrink To Margins: shrink pages so that they fit in the paper. No effect if the pages in a
document are smaller than the paper they are being printed on.
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Expand To Margins: expand pages to fill the paper they are being printed on. No effect if
the pages in a document are larger than the paper they are being printed on.
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Print Comments: print annotations when sending PDF content to the printer.
Paper
Paper Size - The size of the paper to be printed on
Paper Tray - The tray on the printer where the paper will be coming from
Orientation - The layout and direction of the content being placed on the page
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Auto Rotate pages: rotate the printout to match the width and length with the paper. The
portrait / landscape settings cannot be set by the user when this option is selected.
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Portrait: print the page portrait
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Landscape: print the page landscape
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Reverse Portrait: print the page portrait but reversed
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Reverse Landscape: print the page landscape but reversed
Advanced
Sides - The options to print more than one page per sheet
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One-sided: prints only one page per sheet
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Two-Sided (short edge): prints two pages per sheet flipping the page on the short edge
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Two-Sided (long edge): prints two page per sheet flipping the page on the long edge
Chromaticity - Sets the color of the document to be printed
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Monochrome: will print in B&W or grayscale
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Color: will print the document in color
Quality - Sets the quality of the pages to be printed
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Draft: fast printing a low quality
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Normal: normal print quality at standard speed. Best for most printing situations
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High: high quality print for fine details. May take much longer to print
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Printing a PDF With / Without Comments
When printing a document in PDF Studio it will automatically print the document with any
annotations that are being displayed directly on the document. The instructions below show
how to enable or disable having comments printed with the PDF document.
Changing the Comment Print Preferences
1. Open PDF Studio and click on Edit->Preferences
2. Select Print on the left hand side
3. Uncheck the box at the bottom in the Comments section labeled Print Comments
4. Click on OK to close the preferences window
5. Now all of your documents going forward will print without the annotations on the
document.
User Preferences
The Preferences dialog allows customization of various PDF Studio settings. Below is a list of
the available settings listed by the name of each section in the preferences dialog.
To open the Preferences dialog:
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Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows & Linux) or PDF Studio 10 > Preferences
(Mac)
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General
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JavaScript
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Text to PDF
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Comments
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OCR
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Toolbars
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Display
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PDF/A
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Updates
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Email
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Print Defaults
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Digital IDs
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Fonts
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Rulers & Grids
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Timestamp Servers
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Forms
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Scan
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Trusted Certificates
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General Preferences
The General Preferences section contains all of the general settings for PDF Studio.
To open the General Preferences dialog:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows & Linux) or PDF Studio 10 > Preferences
(Mac).
2. Select General from the panel on the left of the preferences dialog to view or
modify these preferences.
Settings
Language - Select English, French, German, or Spanish. The default language will be
determined from the language setting for the computer/operating system. Restart PDF Studio
after changing this setting.
Author - This name will be associated with annotations added to the document.
Default Page - Sets the default page size and orientation when creating a blank PDF or
adding a blank page.
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Size: the page size of the document using many of the global standards and also a custom
option.
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Orientation: The orientation of the page, landscape or portrait.
Units – Define preferred measurement units (inches, centimeters, points, millimeters). Units
will be used for the Crop dialog and in Document Properties when displaying the page size.
Paste Images – Sets whether or not adjust to zoom for the pasted images.
Snapshot
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Save As: When selected, the snapshot taken will save an image to the file system. The
destination directory and format for the image will be determined from the extension
selected in the textbox and the contents of the Folder text field.
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Always Show Dialog: choose to always show the dialog to select the image format and
save location when taking a snapshot.
Other
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Use system file dialog: Switch between the Java file dialog and System file dialog. This
selection is available to Windows and Linux/Unix installations.
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Use temporary file on save: Create a temporary file when saving documents. Some
document management applications that use a WebDAV server require writing directly to
the original file to preserve the document history.
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Warn before deleting pages: displays a warning before deleting pages.
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Warn before flattening all comments: displays a warning before flattening all comments.
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Warn before deleting all comments: displays a warning before deleting all comments.
Comments Preferences
The Comments Preferences section contains all of the comment, markup, and annotation
settings for PDF Studio.
To open the General Preferences dialog:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows & Linux) or PDF Studio 10 > Preferences
(Mac)
2. Select Comments from the panel on the left of the preferences dialog to view or
modify these preferences.
Settings
Tool Properties - To edit the default values for an annotation, click on the tool's name to
open its properties dialog.
Measurements
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Show Measuring Dialog: Display a dialog with measurement values will be displayed
while measuring.
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Snap to Content: Make annotation vertices snap to lines in documents.
Text Markups
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Copy text to note: when using text markup annotations the selected text will be copied
into the annotation's note.
Display Preferences
The Display Preferences section contains all of the display settings for PDF Studio.
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To open the General Preferences dialog:
1. Go to Edit > Preferences (Windows & Linux) or PDF Studio 10 > Preferences
(Mac)
2. Select Display from the panel on the left of the preferences dialog to view or
modify these preferences.
Settings
Layout and Magnification - Sets the layout and magnification defaults for displaying
documents.
By default, PDF Studio uses the initial view settings set within the document to display the
panels on the left when opening a document. If no setting is set within the PDF document’s
initial view settings, the Pages panel will be opened by default. Selecting "Ignore document
setting" on any of the options will force PDF Studio to ignore the document's settings and use
the selected option.
Navigation Tab - sets the default behavior for the navigation tab when opening PDF
documents.
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Default: Uses the PDF Studio default settings
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None (Document Only): No navigation tab will be displayed
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Bookmarks Panel: Displays the bookmarks panel when the document is opened
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Pages Panel: Displays the pages panel when the document is opened
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Attachments Panel: Displays the attachments panel when the document is opened
Page Layout - sets the default behavior for the page layout when opening PDF
documents.
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Default: Uses the PDF Studio default settings
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Single: Displays only a single individual page at a time
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Single Continuous: Displays all of the document's pages in a single column that
can be continuously scrolled
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Facing: Displays only two pages at a time side by side with odd pages on the left
and even pages on the right
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Facing Continuous: Displays all of the documents pages in two columns with odd
pages on the left and even pages on the right
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Cover: Displays the document just as when using Facing only the first page will
be displayed alone
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Cover Continuous: Displays the document just as when using Facing Continuous
only the first page will be displayed alone
Magnification - sets the default magnification to use when opening PDF documents.
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