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Conserving Roll Paper by Rotating Originals 90 Degrees

You can conserve roll paper by specifying particular settings as suitable for your original.

•Rotate Page 90 degrees (Conserve Paper)

When originals are printed in portrait orientation, the original is rotated 90 degrees before printing if it fits within the roll width. This enables you to conserve paper.

	Important
	• If the page would exceed the roll paper width after rotation, use this function with Scale to fit Roll Paper Width to print rotated pages.

For tips on conserving roll paper, refer to the following topics, as appropriate for your computer and operating system.

•Conserving Roll Paper by Rotating Originals 90 Degrees (Windows) (2.10.2)

•Conserving Roll Paper by Rotating Originals 90 Degrees (Mac OS X) (2.10.3)

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Conserving Roll Paper by Rotating Originals 90 Degrees (Windows)

This topic describes how to conserve paper by rotating originals 90 degrees before printing, based on the following example.

•Document: Any type

•Page size: A4 (210.0×297.0 mm)/Letter (8.3×11.7 in)

•Paper: Roll

•Paper type: Plain Paper

•Roll paper width: A3/A4 roll (297.0 mm [11.7 in])

This example illustrates how to rotate an A4 (210.0×297.0 mm)/Letter (8.3×11.7 in) original in portrait orientation 90 degrees to fit within the width of A3/A4 roll paper (297.0 mm [11.7 in]), which enables you to conserve paper.

Choose Print in the application menu.

Select the printer in the dialog box, and then open the printer driver dialog box.(See "Accessing the Printer Driver Dialog Box from Applications (3.1.6)")

Make sure the Main sheet is displayed.

In the AMedia Type list, select the type of paper that is loaded. In this case, click Plain Paper.

Click the Page Setup tab to display the Page Setup sheet.

In the APage Size list, click the size of the original as specified in the application. In this case, click ISO A4 or Letter (8.5"x11").

Select and click a roll paper in the LPaper Source list.

Select the width of the loaded roll in the MRoll Paper Width list—in this case, ISO A3/A4 Roll (297.0mm).

Select the KRotate Page 90 degrees (Conserve Paper) check box.

Confirm the print settings and print as desired.

	Note
	• For tips on confirming print settings, see "Confirming Print Settings (3.1.3)"

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Conserving Roll Paper by Rotating Originals 90 Degrees (Mac OS X)

This topic describes how to conserve roll paper by rotating originals 90 degrees before printing, based on the following example.

•Document: Any Type

•Page size: A4 (210.0 × 297.0 mm [8.3 × 11.7 in])

•Paper: Roll paper

•Paper type: Plain Paper

•Roll paper width: A3/A4 roll (297.0 mm [11.7 in])

This example illustrates how to rotate an A4 (210.0×297.0 mm)/Letter (8.3 × 11.7 in) original in portrait orientation 90 degrees to fit within the width of A3/A4 roll (297.0 mm [11.7 in]), which enables you to conserve paper.

This sets the BFormat for and CPaper Size.

Note

• The configuration method varies depending on the OS and application software you are using.

If Page Setup is displayed in the application menu, the settings are configured by opening the Page Attributes dialog box from Page Setup.

If it is not displayed, the settings are configured in the upper part of the printer driver displayed when you select Print from the application software menu.

Select the printer in the APrinter list.

In the FPaper Size list, click the size of the original. In this case, click ISO A4.

If you configured the settings using the Page Attributes dialog box, click FOK to close the dialog box, and then select Print from the application software menu.

Access the Main pane.

In the AMedia Type list, select the type of paper that is loaded. In this case, click Plain Paper.

Access the Page Setup pane.

Select and click a roll paper in the APaper Source list.

Make sure the width of the loaded roll is displayed in BRoll Width —in this case, ISO A3/A4 (297.0mm).

Note

• If the width of the roll loaded in the printer is not shown in BRoll Width, click LPrinter Information on the Main pane to update the printer information.

Make sure the CPage Size setting matches the original size as selected in CPaper Size in the Page Attributes dialog box—in this case, ISO A4.

Select the LRotate Page 90 degrees check box.

Confirm the print settings, and then click MPrint to start printing.

	Note
	• For tips on confirming print settings, see "Confirming Print Settings (4.1.3)"

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Conserving Roll Paper by Printing Originals Without Top and Bottom Margins

You can conserve roll paper by specifying particular settings as suitable for your original.

•No Spaces at Top or Bottom (Conserve Paper)

You can print without feeding the paper for blank portions of originals if there are top and bottom margins in originals. This enables you to conserve as much paper as the size of the margins.

	Important
	• Printing without the top and bottom margins is not supported in the following cases. • Banner printing • If you have chosen poster as the type of page layout

	Note
	• Even during borderless printing, you can print without the top and bottom margins. • Printing without the top and bottom margins may cause inconsistency in the size of printed documents, depending on the layout of images or text in your originals.