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                <div><div class="section"><p>You can view how the document’s pages
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A preview in the lower-left area of the Print dialog box shows whether
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<div class="section"><p>The preview has three views: </p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Standard view</dt>
<dd>Displays the relationship of a document page to the media.
It shows the effects of various options such as paper size to imageable
area, bleed and slug areas, and page marks, as well as the effects
of tiling and thumbnails.<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="nm_06" src="images/nm_06.png" /><div class="figdesc">Four different page-fit settings in Standard view </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Default</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Spreads</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Orientation</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>2-by-2
Thumbnails</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div></dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Text view</dt>
<dd>Lists the numerical values for certain print settings.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Custom page/Cut sheet views</dt>
<dd>Displays the effects of different print settings, depending
on your page size. For custom page sizes, the preview shows how
the media fits on the custom output device; the maximum supported
media dimensions of the output device; and the settings for offset,
gap, and transverse. For cut sheets, such as Letter and Tabloid,
the preview shows the relationship of the imageable area to the
media size.<p>In both the custom page and cut sheet views, the
preview also indicates the output mode using an icon: Separations&#160;<img src="images/compsep.png" />, Composite
Grayscale&#160;<img src="images/compgray.png" />, Composite CMYK&#160;<img src="images/compcmyk.png" />, or
Composite RGB&#160;<img src="images/rgb.png" />.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="nm_08" src="images/nm_08.png" /><div class="figdesc">Custom page view (left) and cut sheet view (right) </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Direction of media travel</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Transverse
deselected</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Paper size</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Media</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">E.</dt>
<dd>Imageable
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