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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Printing with Reduced Data</title>
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<created date="2004-04-30T13:48:55">UFI: on request of some users</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5201574"><bookmark_value>gradients off for faster printing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>bitmaps;off for faster printing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>resolution when printing bitmaps </bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>transparency;off for faster printing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>reduced printing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>speed of printing</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>printing speed</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>printing;transparencies</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>printing;faster</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>faster printing</bookmark_value>
</bookmark><comment>mw made "reduced printing;..." and "speed of printing;..." a one level entry</comment>
<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106AA" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="print_faster"><link href="text/shared/guide/print_faster.xhp">Printing faster with Reduced Data</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106C8" xml-lang="en-US">You can decide to reduce the data necessary to print your document. The settings can be defined differently for printing directly to the printer or for printing to a file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106CE" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><emph>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</emph></caseinline><defaultinline><emph>Tools - Options</emph></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - $[officename] - Print</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D6" xml-lang="en-US">Click one of the following settings options: </paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D9" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Printer</emph> - to define options for reducing data while printing directly to a printer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106E2" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Print to file</emph> - to define options for reducing data while printing to a file</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106EC" xml-lang="en-US">Select any combination of the four options, then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106EF" xml-lang="en-US">All documents that you print from now on will use the changed options.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F3" xml-lang="en-US">Print your document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F6" xml-lang="en-US">You can reduce data for transparency, for gradients, or for bitmaps. When you reduce the data, on many printers you will not see a reduction of printing quality. But the printing time is substantially shorter, and when you print to a file, the file size is much smaller.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10704" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01010900.xhp">Print options</link></paragraph>
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