Igor Engraver Manual

243 CHAPTER 14
Printing and Exporting
printer as default. If Igor Engraver prefers to print a bitmap file and the Force bitmap
resolution checkbox is checked, the document will get printed with the resolution
you specify. Of course, you can only use the Force bitmap resolution textbox to
choose a lower resolution than or equal to your printer’s maximum resolution (which
is automatically shown in the textbox).
• PostScript – this setting creates a PostScript document, if it is possible.
• Bitmap – this setting creates a bitmap document, using your printer’s maximum resolution,
if the Force bitmap resolution checkbox has not been checked. If checked,
the document will get printed with the resolution you specify.
When Igor’s page won’t fit also has three radio buttons:
• Ignore (crop) – if chosen, any sections of the layout that does fit will be ignored.
• Shrink to fit paper – if necessary, this setting shrinks the layout so that the layout is
equal in size to the paper it is to be printed on. In other words, any graphic elements
placed too near the border of a page in an Igor Engraver layout will be omitted.
When the layout page has to be made smaller, the explaining text tells you how
much. Once again (since this is very important): Shrink to fit paper shrinks the layout
paper size so that it exactly fits the printer’s paper size. This means that if any objects
in a layout are too close to the edges of a page, those objects might be cropped by the
printer.
• Shrink to fit imageable area – this setting shrinks the layout so that it fits inside the
page margins of the printed page. When the layout page has to be shrinked, the
explaining text tells you how much.
When you try to print a page that is going to be cropped, you will receive a
warning (however, if you hold down the B key for Macintosh or the Alt key for
Windows while pressing Print, you will not get this warning):