1 00:00:00.02 --> 00:00:02.03 - In this movie, I'll finally introduce you 2 00:00:02.03 --> 00:00:03.04 to the print command. 3 00:00:03.04 --> 00:00:04.07 Now, the thing about the print command, 4 00:00:04.07 --> 00:00:06.08 which is located here under the File menu, 5 00:00:06.08 --> 00:00:08.05 you can get to it by choosing the command, 6 00:00:08.05 --> 00:00:12.01 or pressing CTRL+P, or Command+P on the Mac, 7 00:00:12.01 --> 00:00:13.05 is you may or may not find it useful. 8 00:00:13.05 --> 00:00:15.00 It really depends on your work flow. 9 00:00:15.00 --> 00:00:17.01 So, for example, let's say that you do 10 00:00:17.01 --> 00:00:18.09 most of your printing from InDesign. 11 00:00:18.09 --> 00:00:21.05 So, you place the files into an InDesign document 12 00:00:21.05 --> 00:00:23.02 and then you print them from there. 13 00:00:23.02 --> 00:00:26.08 In that case, all you need to do is choose Save As, 14 00:00:26.08 --> 00:00:29.04 and save the document as a standard AI file, 15 00:00:29.04 --> 00:00:32.05 which is all together supported by InDesign. 16 00:00:32.05 --> 00:00:35.00 And incidentally, it doesn't matter if it's an RGB file, 17 00:00:35.00 --> 00:00:38.04 or a CMYK file, because both Illustrator and InDesign 18 00:00:38.04 --> 00:00:40.06 use the exact same color engine. 19 00:00:40.06 --> 00:00:44.02 The only advantage to setting your document to CMYK 20 00:00:44.02 --> 00:00:46.02 is that you're gonna get a better sense for how your 21 00:00:46.02 --> 00:00:48.07 colors will print, but even in a carefully calibrated 22 00:00:48.07 --> 00:00:50.05 environment, the screen display 23 00:00:50.05 --> 00:00:52.05 tends to be an approximation. 24 00:00:52.05 --> 00:00:54.06 And so, the real reason to use print, 25 00:00:54.06 --> 00:00:57.01 is if you want to print the document directly 26 00:00:57.01 --> 00:01:00.03 to a local printer, such as an inkjet, or laser printer 27 00:01:00.03 --> 00:01:02.08 in your home or office, or, if you want to prepare 28 00:01:02.08 --> 00:01:05.05 the document for commercial reproduction. 29 00:01:05.05 --> 00:01:07.07 In which case, go ahead and choose the Print command, 30 00:01:07.07 --> 00:01:10.08 in order to bring up the vas Print Dialog box, 31 00:01:10.08 --> 00:01:13.03 and then set your printer to the desired device, 32 00:01:13.03 --> 00:01:14.08 which if you're preparing the document 33 00:01:14.08 --> 00:01:18.03 for commercial reproduction should be Adobe PDF. 34 00:01:18.03 --> 00:01:20.03 Now, go ahead and save a PDF file 35 00:01:20.03 --> 00:01:23.03 complete with all of your settings. 36 00:01:23.03 --> 00:01:25.01 Or, if you want to print to a local printer, 37 00:01:25.01 --> 00:01:27.00 then go ahead and choose that device. 38 00:01:27.00 --> 00:01:30.00 In my case, I'm gonna choose my Epson R3000, 39 00:01:30.00 --> 00:01:32.03 which is a really great inkjet device. 40 00:01:32.03 --> 00:01:34.02 Now, notice as soon as I switch 41 00:01:34.02 --> 00:01:38.01 by the way, from Adobe PDF to a specific printer, 42 00:01:38.01 --> 00:01:39.07 I then have this orientation option 43 00:01:39.07 --> 00:01:41.07 that's available to me, Auto Rotate, 44 00:01:41.07 --> 00:01:43.08 and if you turn that on, then Illustrator is going to 45 00:01:43.08 --> 00:01:47.05 automatically rotate the artwork to better fit the page. 46 00:01:47.05 --> 00:01:49.05 If you want manual control, then you can 47 00:01:49.05 --> 00:01:51.04 turn that checkbox off, and then select 48 00:01:51.04 --> 00:01:53.03 from one of these orientation options. 49 00:01:53.03 --> 00:01:56.02 Generally speaking, Auto Rotate is the way to go. 50 00:01:56.02 --> 00:01:58.00 In my case, however, the artwork is 51 00:01:58.00 --> 00:02:00.02 a little too big to fit on the page. 52 00:02:00.02 --> 00:02:02.09 Now, I could drop down to Scaling here, 53 00:02:02.09 --> 00:02:05.08 and I could select Tile Imageable Areas, 54 00:02:05.08 --> 00:02:09.06 which is gonna tile the artwork across multiple pages. 55 00:02:09.06 --> 00:02:11.07 That can be a way to work, generally speaking; 56 00:02:11.07 --> 00:02:13.04 however, it's a little bit clunky. 57 00:02:13.04 --> 00:02:15.00 Because, then it means you have to 58 00:02:15.00 --> 00:02:16.06 somehow combine those pages together. 59 00:02:16.06 --> 00:02:18.08 Which is why you're generally better off, 60 00:02:18.08 --> 00:02:20.04 scaling the artwork to fit the page, 61 00:02:20.04 --> 00:02:23.04 by either choosing Fit To Page, like so, 62 00:02:23.04 --> 00:02:25.06 which is gonna reduce the size of the artwork, 63 00:02:25.06 --> 00:02:26.09 and it's no longer auto rotating, 64 00:02:26.09 --> 00:02:30.01 so, we'll go ahead and turn that check box back on, 65 00:02:30.01 --> 00:02:31.09 so that we have a better fit. 66 00:02:31.09 --> 00:02:34.08 In my case, however, that's making the logo too small, 67 00:02:34.08 --> 00:02:37.06 so I'm gonna switch over to custom instead, 68 00:02:37.06 --> 00:02:39.02 and then I'll click inside the Width Value, 69 00:02:39.02 --> 00:02:40.06 notice that the width and height 70 00:02:40.06 --> 00:02:42.06 are linked together by default, 71 00:02:42.06 --> 00:02:44.04 and I'll press Shift down arrow 72 00:02:44.04 --> 00:02:46.09 in order to reduce the value to 90 percent 73 00:02:46.09 --> 00:02:49.04 and then I continue to nudge that value down 74 00:02:49.04 --> 00:02:51.06 to, let's say, 86 percent. 75 00:02:51.06 --> 00:02:54.00 I might also switch to a different paper size. 76 00:02:54.00 --> 00:02:57.05 Now, currently my printer is loaded with letter size paper. 77 00:02:57.05 --> 00:02:59.08 But, I could switch it to Super B, 78 00:02:59.08 --> 00:03:02.05 which measures 13 by 19 inches, 79 00:03:02.05 --> 00:03:04.01 which is gonna give me a lot more room, 80 00:03:04.01 --> 00:03:05.02 as we're seeing there, 81 00:03:05.02 --> 00:03:06.09 after which point I would change 82 00:03:06.09 --> 00:03:10.04 my custom value to, let's say, 130%, 83 00:03:10.04 --> 00:03:12.05 and press the Tab key in order to increase 84 00:03:12.05 --> 00:03:13.08 the size of my artwork. 85 00:03:13.08 --> 00:03:18.00 You also have the option of dragging the art on the page. 86 00:03:18.00 --> 00:03:20.02 If that messes things up, then just go down here 87 00:03:20.02 --> 00:03:23.05 to this Placement option, and select the Center Point 88 00:03:23.05 --> 00:03:25.05 inside that little reference point matrix, 89 00:03:25.05 --> 00:03:28.05 and that'll go ahead and once again center your artwork. 90 00:03:28.05 --> 00:03:30.06 Now many printer software's specific options 91 00:03:30.06 --> 00:03:32.07 that you might want to take advantage of, 92 00:03:32.07 --> 00:03:34.05 for example, let's say I want to print this 93 00:03:34.05 --> 00:03:36.06 to a specific kind of paper, 94 00:03:36.06 --> 00:03:38.04 and I want to use my matte ink, 95 00:03:38.04 --> 00:03:40.04 instead of my photo black ink, 96 00:03:40.04 --> 00:03:41.08 in that case, I would need to click 97 00:03:41.08 --> 00:03:43.04 on the Setup button. 98 00:03:43.04 --> 00:03:45.03 Now, for what ever reason, Illustrator gets 99 00:03:45.03 --> 00:03:47.09 pretty grumpy at you when you try to access 100 00:03:47.09 --> 00:03:49.09 the Printer Specific Options. 101 00:03:49.09 --> 00:03:51.09 And as you can see here, what it wants you to do 102 00:03:51.09 --> 00:03:53.08 is return to the Print Dialog box. 103 00:03:53.08 --> 00:03:55.06 Just go ahead and click Continue 104 00:03:55.06 --> 00:03:57.03 in order to bring up your options, 105 00:03:57.03 --> 00:03:59.08 you may then have to click on Preferences, 106 00:03:59.08 --> 00:04:02.01 here on the PC for example, 107 00:04:02.01 --> 00:04:04.08 in order to bring up your Printer Specific Options, 108 00:04:04.08 --> 00:04:06.03 and by the way, your options 109 00:04:06.03 --> 00:04:08.09 are gonna totally differ from mine 110 00:04:08.09 --> 00:04:12.02 unless you're using the exact same printer as I am. 111 00:04:12.02 --> 00:04:13.08 Now, at this point, I could say, you know what? 112 00:04:13.08 --> 00:04:15.04 I don't want the photo black ink, 113 00:04:15.04 --> 00:04:17.03 I want matte black instead. 114 00:04:17.03 --> 00:04:18.05 I have to click the OK button 115 00:04:18.05 --> 00:04:20.02 in order to accept that change. 116 00:04:20.02 --> 00:04:22.01 And where this artwork is concerned, 117 00:04:22.01 --> 00:04:23.02 I don't need border-less, 118 00:04:23.02 --> 00:04:25.01 although that is an option for this printer, 119 00:04:25.01 --> 00:04:27.05 but I would like to see the Print Preview, 120 00:04:27.05 --> 00:04:29.05 after which point, I'll click OK. 121 00:04:29.05 --> 00:04:33.03 So, that's just an example of stuff that you can do. 122 00:04:33.03 --> 00:04:35.00 Notice then, in order to escape out, 123 00:04:35.00 --> 00:04:36.08 I'd have to click on the Print button, 124 00:04:36.08 --> 00:04:41.00 which actually returns me to the big Print Dialog box. 125 00:04:41.00 --> 00:04:43.04 And now I have the option of actually printing this document 126 00:04:43.04 --> 00:04:45.04 by clicking on the Print button, 127 00:04:45.04 --> 00:04:47.04 or, if I just want to save all my settings, 128 00:04:47.04 --> 00:04:49.08 then I could click on the Done button, 129 00:04:49.08 --> 00:04:51.03 and that'll go ahead and save 130 00:04:51.03 --> 00:04:53.00 those print settings for later. 131 00:04:53.00 --> 00:04:54.01 Now, the one thing that can be 132 00:04:54.01 --> 00:04:55.09 a little bit of a gotcha when you're printing 133 00:04:55.09 --> 00:04:59.04 documents from Illustrator, is Artboards. 134 00:04:59.04 --> 00:05:01.09 And so, I'm gonna switch over to this document right here, 135 00:05:01.09 --> 00:05:05.01 which contains a total of 100 Artboards, 136 00:05:05.01 --> 00:05:07.00 which is as many as you can create. 137 00:05:07.00 --> 00:05:08.08 And by the way, I'm viewing them all, 138 00:05:08.08 --> 00:05:11.09 because I went to the View menu and chose 139 00:05:11.09 --> 00:05:13.04 Fit All In Window. 140 00:05:13.04 --> 00:05:14.08 But, let's say I don't really 141 00:05:14.08 --> 00:05:17.04 wanna print every single one of these. 142 00:05:17.04 --> 00:05:19.00 Then, I go up to the File menu, 143 00:05:19.00 --> 00:05:21.03 and choose the Print command. 144 00:05:21.03 --> 00:05:23.00 And, you can see that by default, 145 00:05:23.00 --> 00:05:25.07 Artboards is set to All right here, 146 00:05:25.07 --> 00:05:29.01 which means I'm seeing one out of 100 Artboards 147 00:05:29.01 --> 00:05:31.01 listed here inside the preview. 148 00:05:31.01 --> 00:05:35.04 And I can go ahead and cycle from one Artboard to another 149 00:05:35.04 --> 00:05:37.02 by clicking on these arrow buttons. 150 00:05:37.02 --> 00:05:38.07 Now, let's say I don't wanna print 151 00:05:38.07 --> 00:05:40.08 every single one of the Artboards, 152 00:05:40.08 --> 00:05:44.05 I wanna print a range, such as four through 10, 153 00:05:44.05 --> 00:05:47.02 let's say, and I also wanna print page 14, 154 00:05:47.02 --> 00:05:50.02 so I'll enter, Comma 14, like so. 155 00:05:50.02 --> 00:05:51.08 And then, if I press the Tab key, 156 00:05:51.08 --> 00:05:53.08 I can see that I'm now looking at 157 00:05:53.08 --> 00:05:56.06 page one of eight, in parentheses, four 158 00:05:56.06 --> 00:05:59.02 to show me that is the fourth Artboard, 159 00:05:59.02 --> 00:06:01.02 and so then if I like, I can go ahead 160 00:06:01.02 --> 00:06:03.01 and cycle through those Artboards 161 00:06:03.01 --> 00:06:05.09 by clicking on one of the arrow icons. 162 00:06:05.09 --> 00:06:08.05 After which point, I can either click on the Print button, 163 00:06:08.05 --> 00:06:10.04 in order to print this document, 164 00:06:10.04 --> 00:06:14.07 or, I could click Done, in order to save my settings. 165 00:06:14.07 --> 00:06:17.01 And that is my introduction to the powerful 166 00:06:17.01 --> 00:06:20.03 print command, here inside Illustrator.