Printing procedurePrinting Options Using Rolls and Sheets ............................................................................................................ 2Loading and Printing on Rolls ............................................................................................................................. 3Loading and Printing on Sheets .......................................................................................................................... 8Printing in Windows ........................................................................................................................................... 10Printing from Mac OS X .................................................................................................................................... 11Printing Options Using Rolls and SheetsThe printer supports both rolls and sheets.This section introduces the main features of each, as well as the main printing methods available. Select rolls or sheets tosuit your particular printing application.Note• For information on the types of paper the printer supports, refer to the Paper Reference Guide. (See "Typesof Paper.") →P.617• A variety of other ways to print are available besides those introduced here. Choose the printing method thatsuits your particular printing application, referring to "Working with Various Print Jobs" and "EnhancedPrinting Options" from the table of contents.Roll printingMedia in spooled rolls is generally called Roll Media. Rolls are loaded on the Roll Holder, which are in turn loaded in theprinter.Rolls can be used to print large photos or create posters or banners that cannot be printed on regular sheets.• Large-format printingEasily print vertical or horizontal banners from familiar applications such as Microsoft Office applications.(See "Printing Vertical or Horizontal Banners (Large-Format Printing).") →P.115• Borderless printingPrint without a margin (border) around posters or photos.(See "Borderless Printing on Paper of Equivalent Size.") →P.100(See "Borderless Printing by Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width.") →P.107(See "Borderless Printing at Actual Size.") →P.91• Banner printingYou can print multiple pages as a single continuous image, without margins between pages.(See "Printing Multiple Pages Continuously.") →P.138• 90-degree rotation before printingOriginals in portrait orientation are rotated 90 degrees when possible to use paper more efficiently.(See "Conserving Roll Paper by Rotating Originals 90 Degrees.") →P.167• Enlarged/reduced printingYou can freely adjust the size of originals by enlarging or reducing originals before printing.(See "Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size.") →P.65(See "Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width.") →P.71(See "Resizing Originals by Entering a Scaling Value.") →P.77• Free Layout functionPrint multiple documents from multiple applications (such as word-processing programs, spreadsheet programs, and soon) next to each other.(See "Printing Multiple Originals Next to Each Other.") →P.133Basic Printing Workflow > Printing procedure >Printing Options Using Rolls and Sheets iPF81512
