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PDF Printing Tips

	Large PDF documents require sufficient memory in your printer in order to print correctly. For example, if your laser printer has only one MB of total memory, reversed-text blocks may print as solid black with no message given by the printer if the printer is set for high quality printing. This problem may be satisfactorily solved by setting the printer resolution to a lower value, for example, "medium" or 150 dots-per-inch.

	If you have insufficient printer memory, another solution is, after downloading the entire file, to print a few pages at a time.

	If the PDF document does not print properly from Adobe Reader, you may need to select the "Shrink to Fit" box (located in the lower left corner of the print dialog box) in order to have Reader adjust the printout to fit each page on a single sheet of paper.

	Trouble with the HP Laserjet printed output may be solved by using the following settings (or similarly named ones):

		° "Use raster Graphics" (instead of "Use vector graphics"). This may fix the problem of "reversed" text (white on black background) not printing, as well as other problems.

		° "Download TrueType Fonts as bitmap soft fonts"(select bitmap instead of outline or graphics). This may remove the overlapping of text on the printed document.

		° "Graphics dithering" select coarse or fine (instead of none). This selection may improve the quality of images contained in the document.

Texas Education Agency
NCLB Program Coordination
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Telephone: 512-463-9374 | Fax: 512-305-9447

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Last Updated: 06/04/2007