{printing} is about the physical process of printing *TeX documents, influencing their printing, and preparing documents for printing, e.g. with special settings for binding.
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Beamer/TikZ shadow printed via Adobe Reader (PostScript) cause errors [closed]
Consider the example below compiled using pdflatex. Basically it is a simple test of the Frankfurt theme and the Whale color theme (just attempting to make something smaller).
We experience problems ...
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Problem to print a pdf [closed]
The problem appears with two Lexmark printers. A friend compiled this example of my package tkz-euclide:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[usenames,dvipsnames]{xcolor}
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Including crop marks when printing
I would like to print crop marks around my document (an invitation). The invitation has a smaller size than the physical paper and the crop marks aid in the cutting process. Using the crop package, ...
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esint package leads to misprinted integrals [closed]
If I print a document using the package esint and the mathpazo font the integral signs (\int, \iint) are all cut at the bottom. I tested different printers with both a Linux and Mac system and got the ...
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PDF pages with color/gray-scale figures print with bold text
When including PDF and JPG images with either color or gray-scale in my pdflatex document everything appears perfect on screen. However, when I try to print on a color printer the text in these pages ...
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When printing document, why do pages with figures appear rougher (of lower resolution) than text-only pages? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are some pages in my PDF coming out bold?
I have a PDF document that I made in LaTeX. Some pages contain figures I created in METAPOST. Everything is super-smooth in ...
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Converting a pdf into a form ready for binding
I have a pdf that is 118 pages long, and I want to end up with a bindable form, so that I have on one sheet pages:
1 4
2 3
What is the simplest way in LaTeX to accomplish this?
Would quire ...
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Removal of binding offset when submitting digital version of document
I'm writing my dissertation in LaTeX, and we're required to submit a paper copy and a PDF copy. For the paper copy, I'm using:
\documentclass[twoside]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{fullpage}
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Problem with rotated pages (pdflscape package) and double-sided printing
I am using the pdflscape package to rotate pages with wide tables on them. This works fine, but there is a problem when I print the document in duplex mode.
Its a double-sided document (left and ...
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\includepdf changes left and right pages
I've followed advice at "How to start new chapters on the right hand side" and found that including as title page, one PDF page is braking left&right orientation:
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A grid of images to fill A4 -paper for economic printing with some space for scissors
I want to print a A4 paper full of the same QR image. I want more elegant way to this answer here, yes I can get it working like that but I want to leave just enough space for scissors and no space ...
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How do I set a binding offset for multiple pages printed on one sheet?
I'm creating a PDF LaTeX document that has A4 portrait pages. But it is destined to be printed in landscaoe orientation, two-up and double-sided.
That means any binding offset needs to be added to ...
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Margins and text size change when printing from external viewer (using Texmaker 3.1)
With Texmaker 3.1 on Win XP Pro SP2, the following MWE prints with different margin widths and font size according to whether, from the window which opens after I press F1, I use the print command ...
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Using opacity in TikZ makes the entire page become “more coarse” when printed
In my document, some of the figures uses opacity. In the PDF viewer, everything looks fine, but when I print the document, the pages in which these figures appear become more "coarse"; the text looks ...
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Printing entire PDF slide not just one item per page [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a nice way to compile a beamer presentation without the pauses?
I compiled a PDF from LaTeX. When I print the PDF it prints only one item per page. I want it to ...
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Printing a double-sided A5 document on A4 paper
I have a doubled-sided A5 landscape document with the following page order:
As my printer supports only A4 paper, I want to print two of these pages on one portrait A4 paper so that I can cut it in ...
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Embedding printer settings in pdf
I want to produce a pdf that includes settings for a predefined profile, like the the printing on both side of a piece of paper, is that possible?
If a pdf does not provide this kind of feature, you ...
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What paper dimensions to use for printing with the octavo class?
I am working on a fiction novel. I want to print this in a comfortable size for carrying and reading. I will have the pages printed, cut to size, glued together, with heavy paper added to the outside ...
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Recommended color for hyperlinks in a CV
I'm using the hyperref package, and I'm curious if there is a recommended color for hyperlinks. At the moment I am using urlcolor=BlueViolet which looks great onscreen, but when printed in b&w it ...
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What measure can we use by LaTeX to control the print budget
I found there are so much excellent answer to questions about how to product high quality typesetting output. But I wonder how to save ink with LaTeX. What we need to think about to manage cost. page ...
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Empty page with pdflatex generated documents while printing [closed]
I am having a HP Color Laserjet 2550Ln. Every time when I am printing a PDF file generated by pdflatex, the printer throws out an additional empty page at the end.
I don't think it's a printer ...
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Typeset content of a PDF text-field without recompilation
With respect to preparing a PDF for printing:
Is it possible to provide a text-field in PDF where I can type something and it should be typeset for printing?
A resume for example :
Most of the ...
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Front-end for pdfpages
I use following .tex file very much for printing books, booklets, etc
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdf[pages={4-8},nup=1x2,frame,landscape]{xyz.pdf}
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Printed page differs pdf page [closed]
I have a strange problem with printing some latex pages which contains graphics. I have a page which looks like that
The problem is that if I print this page I get some artifacts in printed ...
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How do signatures work in printing, and how can I use them in LaTeX?
With respect to printing, what are signatures?
How do I use them when setting up my LaTeX document for printing (for example a book)?
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Commercial stock printing with LaTeX (prefer memoir, if possible)
In paragraph 2 of Section 2.2 of texdoc memoir, I quote
... with one page per piece of stock. In commercial printing the stock material is much larger with several pages being printed on each ...
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Printing a book
I would create a document using latex, if I want to print the document and make a book out of it, how should I do it?
If my document has 50 pages, and following requirements :
Double side printing
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Printing A6 on A4 paper
Yesterday I encountered a problem with printing an A6 pdf document (which I created using LaTeX).
The Printing shop did not have A6 sheets, so they took the print out on an A4, which turned out ...
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Create plain CSV list of pages with/without figures
I'm wondering if there's an easy way to have LaTeX output two lists:
of pages containing and
of pages not containing figures and/or other color objects.
I'd like to print color pages on a color ...
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Printing problem of my pdf file generated by TeXShop (pdftex) with a PostScript printer [closed]
I did my thesis with TeXShop using pdftex. When I send the pdf file to the printer of my university, the printing stops after few pages with a code error about font stuff. If I send it again, it ...
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How can I have text colored on screen and black on printing?
I have a document with colored hyperlinks, using the options of the hyperref package.
I also have lots of tikz-figures that use various shades of gray and occasionally some colors.
The way my ...
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Glossaries: Make a glossary entry recognizable in printing
How do you make it visible to the reader that the printed word/term is an entry in the glossary? In my PDF on the computer, I just see it because I use the hyperref package and there's a red box ...
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n-up printing of beamer slides with empty right-hand side
I'm creating a presentation with LaTeX beamer and want to print out some handouts. The handout should fit onto a A4 page and should have the following format. The page is (virtually) split in 4 parts. ...
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Letter 'e', when printed in the default TeX font, missing a stroke
I often see printed LaTeX documents where the horizontal stroke of the 'e' is invisible -- even among different printers, documents, and people who print them. The image below shows it occurring on ...
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Booklets in memoir class
I was just reading this question about using pdfpages to create twoup effects in memoir. This worked great for me, but I am wondering how I can get the page order to set up a booklet, so that it can ...
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Place two A5 pages on A4 using memoir
I was trying ConTeXt out and found out about imposition. I'm specifically interested in the 2UP schema, so I can just print on a regular A4 and trim.
I have a book typeset using LaTeX and memoir. ...
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\sc not printed
I'm using the \sc command as {\sc Tight} but I can't see (on the monitor and when printed) it in acrobat reader but only with okular. Do you know why?
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Having a LaTeX PDF display the date the document was printed, not compiled…
I have been looking around for quite some time trying to find a way for a PDF (created using XeTeX) to adjust the date accordingly by the date it was printed - not compiled. I am familiar with \date, ...
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Multiple copies of short page on one sheet of paper
Suppose you have a short document (including a fancy header) which occupies only a small part of a DIN A4 page, like in this example:
\documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
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Four smaller pages in one page
I would like to style my document in such a way that the page is divided into four equal parts and then the text is printed in those pages: it is similar to twocolumn but I also want to have, say two ...
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Print from TeX to labels that have odd-sized pages
Is it possible to generate PDF files in TeX that can be printed to odd-format printers, e.g. the DYMO LabelWriter 450? This label maker prints to a roll of labels with page/label sizes such as, e.g. ...
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Printing is cutting off the edges of my fboxes
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{mathpazo}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=10mm]{geometry}
\begin{document}
\fbox{%
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\textbf{Course:} \hfill \textbf{Essay} ...
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How to make the pdf output of better print quality?
The pdf output generated from by LaTeX is usually not as clear or black as the standard documents would usually be preferred.
The search so far suggests that either the fonts used or the Ghostscript ...
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Just save colored pages of a document?
How can I just save the colored pages of a document? I want to print the colored pages on another printer...
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How to print low resolution (96dpi) raster images correctly?
Possible duplicate of this. But this is a detailed and specific sub problem of that topic.
I know I should use vector images whenever possible, or 300dpi images. Since I am dealing with computer ...
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printing beamer slides
I want to print handouts of a beamer presentation. I am using psnup to a create a copy with multiple slides per pages. I notice that there is a lot of empty space on the top of each slide and the ...
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How do I print a syntax-highlighted LaTeX source file?
I want to print an example source file so that I can study it. How do I print it with syntax highlighting? I'm currently using TeXShop in MacTeX; apparently it doesn't have this ability. What program ...
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Is there a way to have coloured hyperref hyperlinks in the PDF, but have them print “as if” they were black?
I like having my hyperref hyperlinks a different colour, so it's obvious that they are links. But when I print a copy of the PDF, I don't want the links to be coloured, because you can't click them, ...
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Is there a way to get two pages in one with LaTeX?
I would like to have my document compiled with two pages in one using LaTeX, like what you see when you choose to print two pages in one. As my pages are "portrait", I need the page to be shown in ...
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How do I insert an image in LaTeX so it looks good on print?
LaTeX documents print beautifully, but images often looks "ugly", "pixelated" or "low-res" compared to the text. By images I don't mean photos, which I rarely use, but rather diagrams, charts and ...
