ImageNow Printer prints an electronic file from an application, such as Microsoft Excel, into a document. You can configure property options such as color, orientation, and watermark type. The following tables describe each ImageNow Printer property.
Advanced features
The following table lists the options available on the Advanced Features tab.
- Units
- Determines whether the units of measure for the hardware margins and custom paper options are in one-hundredths (0.01) of an inch or in tenths (0.1) of a millimeter.
- Hardware Margins
- Allows you to customize the size of the printer-supplied edge of your outputted image. Enter Left/Right and Top/Bottom hardware margin settings into the appropriate field, using the measurement option you selected for Units.
- Enable Custom Paper
- Allows you to set a custom paper size for the generated image file. This selection overrides any other paper size selections you set.
- Paper Size
- Allows you to enter the desired Width and Height for the custom paper size, using the measurement option you selected for Units.
- Printer Area Margins
- Allows you to enter Left, Right, Top, and Bottom printer area margin settings for the custom paper size, using the measurement option you selected for Units.
- License
- Allows you to view license information.
- Restore defaults
- Restores advanced features defaults.
Compression
The following lists the options available on the Compression tab.
- Color Images
- Allows you to select the compression method to use for color images. Available options are Uncompressed RGB, Uncompressed CMYK, Low Quality JPG, Medium Quality JPG, High Quality JPG, Packbit RGB, Packbits CMYK, LZW RGB, and LZW CMYK.
- Indexed Images
- Allows you to select the compression method to use for indexed images. Available options are Low Quality JPG, Medium Quality JPG, High Quality JPG, Packbits, LZW, and None.
- Greyscale Images
- Allows you to select the compression method to use for greyscale images. Available options are Low Quality JPG, Medium Quality JPG, High Quality JPG, Packbits, LZW, and None.
- Monochrome Images
- Allows you to select the compression method to use for monochrome images. Available options are CCITT Group 4 Fax, CCITT Group 3 2D Fax, CCITT Group 3 1D Fax, CCITT Modified Huffman, LZW, Packbits, and None.
- License
- Allows you to view license information.
- Restore defaults
- Restores compression defaults.
FAX and TIFF
The following lists the features available on the Fax/TIFF Options tab.
- Enable fax mode
- Creates faxable images when selected.
- Fax Profile
- Allows you to select either Profile F (standard) or Profile S (simplified) as your fax format profile. A fax profile is required if you want to select Enable fax mode.
- Fax Resolution
- Allows you to select an output resolution. A resolution is required when you select Enable fax mode. Note that this selection overrides any other resolution selection that you set.
- EOLs byte aligned
- Instructs ImageNow Printer to align rows of CCITT Group 3 1D and 2D image data on word boundaries.
- Reverse Bit Order
- Specifies whether image data in a CCITT compressed TIFF file is stored in LSB to MSB or MSB to LSB order. Enable this check box to select MSB to LSB order. This option does not apply if you select Enable fax mode and select Profile S as your fax profile.
- Invert Photometric
- Determines the order of the black and white palette entries for a monochrome TIFF file (MINISWHITE or MINISBLACK). Select this check box to choose MINISBLACK order.
- Include creation date and time
- Adds the creation time and date to the generated TIFF file.
- Use Motorola format
- Creates TIFF images using Motorola (big-endian) byte order. The default format is Intel (little-endian) byte order. This option does not apply if you enable fax mode and select Profile S as your fax profile.
Layout
The following lists the options available on the Layout tab.
- Orientation
- Specifies how the document is positioned on the page. Portrait orients the paper vertically. Landscape rotates the paper 90 degrees clockwise.
- Print on Both Sides
- Specifies how the document is printed on the page. Choose None, Flip on Long Edge, or Flip on Short Edge.
- Advanced
- Displays the Advanced Options dialog box.
Paper and quality
The following table lists the options available on the Paper/Quality tab.
- Color
- Converts documents to color.
- Black & White
- Converts documents to black and white.
- Advanced
- Displays the Advanced Options dialog box.
Watermark
The following table lists the options available on the Watermark tab.
- Enabled
- Allows you to use the watermark feature.
- Watermark the first page only
- Allows you to apply the watermark to the first page only.
- Portrait Pages Image File
- Allows you to enter the full path to the image file to use as the watermark.
- Portrait Pages Position
- Determines how the watermark image is placed on the page in portrait orientation. Available options are Stretch to fit, Tile, and Center.
- Portrait Page Brightness
- Allows you to adjust the brightness level of the watermark image.
- Landscape Pages Image File
- Allows you to enter the full path to the image file to use as the watermark.
- Landscape Pages Position
- Determines how the watermark image is placed on the page in landscape orientation. Available options are Stretch to fit, Tile, and Center.
- Landscape Pages Brightness
- Allows you to adjust the brightness level of the watermark image.