You can print your entire document, a selected page range, or only odd or even pages. You can also print several pages on a single sheet of paper or print pages in reverse order.
To be sure everything is laid out the way you expect, it’s a good idea to preview a document before you print it out.
To preview a document for printing:
1 Choose File > Print, and then click the Preview button in the Print dialog.
Preview shows what individual document pages will look like when printed. It doesn’t show the effects of some layout options, such as borders. (For more information about layout options, see “Setting a Print Layout and Other Options” on page 172.)
2 Select the checkbox labeled Soft Proof at the bottom-left corner of the Preview window to take your printer’s capabilities into account. For example, if you’re printing a color document to a black-and-white printer, selecting Soft Proof previews the document in black and white.
3 Click Print to print your document directly from the Preview window.
For information about using Preview, see Preview Help. (Choose Help > Preview Help when the Preview window is active.)
Landscape orientation with the top of the page on the left side of the paper Portrait orientation (default
for most templates) Landscape orientation with the top of the page on the right side of the paper
To print the full document or a range of pages: 1 Choose File > Print.
2 Choose the printer you want to use from the Printer pop-up menu. If you don't see the printer you want to use, choose Edit Printer List and add it.
To learn about adding a printer, search for “Adding a printer” in Mac OS Help. To find out where the printer you are using is located, pause with the pointer over the printer's name when you are choosing it from the Printer pop-up menu. 3 Type the number of copies you want to print in the Copies field, and select the
checkbox labeled Collated if you want each group of pages to print together in order before printing the next group. If you want to print a batch of page 1, then page 2, then page 3, and so on, deselect the checkbox.
4 To print the entire document, select All next to Pages.
5 To print a range of pages, select From, and then type the page number of the first page in the From field, and the page number of the last page in the “to” field. 6 Click Print.
Setting a Print Layout and Other Options
The Copies & Pages pop-up menu in the Print dialog provides several other printing options, including using ColorSync to adjust color (see page 174), printing your document in reverse order, printing only odd or even pages, printing a cover page (separator page), and more. Once you have set your preferred printing options, you can save these settings as a preset so that you can use them again without going through all the steps.
To print the document pages in reverse order:
m Choose Paper Handling from the Copies & Pages pop-up menu, and select the
checkbox labeled “Reverse page order.”
To print only odd or even pages:
m Choose Paper Handling from the Copies & Pages pop-up menu, and select “Odd
To print several pages on a single sheet of paper:
1 Choose Layout from the pop-up menu beneath the Presets pop-up menu.
2 Choose the number of pages you want to appear on each sheet from the “Pages per Sheet” pop-up menu.
3 Select a layout direction.
4 Choose the line style you want to separate each printed page from the Border pop-up menu.
To print double-sided:
m Choose Layout from the pop-up menu beneath the Presets pop-up menu, and then select one of the following:
ÂLong-Edge Binding: Prints the pages to be bound lengthwise.
ÂShort-Edge Binding: Prints the pages to be bound on the short side of the paper.
Note: Not all printers can print double-sided. Check the documentation that came with your printer.
To save your printing options as a preset:
m Choose Save As from the Presets pop-up menu in the Print dialog and type a name for the preset.
Choose a line style to separate the printed pages on each sheet. Print left to right first, then down.
Print pages right to left first, then down. Print pages top to bottom first, then across to the right.
Print pages top to bottom first, then across to the left.
See a preview of the layout you have set up.
Select double-sided printing options.
To use the same settings in the future, choose the preset’s name from the Presets pop-up menu.
Adjusting the Document Color With ColorSync
You can make printed documents lighter, darker, or sepia-toned, or add other effects, by adding a Quartz filter to your printer output. The filter uses ColorSync technology to modify the printed document without modifying the document itself. You can also use ColorSync to change the resolution of your document.
Note: Not all printers can print in color. Check the documentation that came with your printer.
To adjust document color: 1 Choose File > Print.
2 Choose ColorSync from the pop-up menu beneath the Presets pop-up menu in the Print dialog.
3 Choose an option from the Color Conversion pop-up menu:
ÂStandard: Uses the default settings in Pages to control the color management of the printed document.
ÂIn Printer: Lets the printer you’re using control the color management of the printed document.
4 Choose an option from the Quartz Filter pop-up menu.
To see a preview of the printed document with the Quartz filter you have chosen, click Preview.
Once you have selected the Quartz filter you want, you can save this setting as part of your preset, as described above. For more information about ColorSync and Quartz filters, see ColorSync Utility Help by opening the ColorSync application (located in Applications/Utilities), and then choosing Help > ColorSync Utility Help.
The ColorSync Utility icon