Printing the Tiled Image

This section explains how to divide an image into tiles that can be printed on the media and how to print these tiles. This function is useful when you want to print a job that is too large to fit on the media that is being used.
Procedure
  1. In the job list, double-click the job.
    The Job Settings window appears.
  2. Click .
    The image in the layout area is zoomed in on.
  3. In Tiling, select one of the tiling methods shown below.

    • Manual Tiling

      Sets the number of tiles and the tile size.

      1. On the preview image in the layout area, point to the top tiling line (the blue line).

        • The pointer changes to .
        • If you point to the red square (the clip point) on the tiling line, the pointer changes to a shape. When dividing the image, point to any point other than the clip point on the tiling line.

      2. Drag the tiling line downward and release it at the location where you want to divide the image.

        The image is divided into top and bottom tiles.

        If you want to further divide the image vertically, repeat steps a and b.

      3. Point to the left tiling line on the preview image.

        The pointer changes to .

      4. Drag the tiling line to the right and release it at the location where you want to divide the image.

        The image is divided into left and right tiles. If you want to further divide the image horizontally, repeat steps c and d.

      5. Click the tile whose size you want to set.

      6. Enter the values in W and H for Tile Location.
        • Dragging the tiling line when the pointer becomes a will only move that tiling line.
        • Moving the pointer closer to the left side of a horizontal tiling line will change the pointer to . Dragging the tiling line in this state will simultaneously move all the tiling lines to the right of the dragged tiling line while keeping the tile widths.
    • Tile Size
      Divides the job evenly at the specified size with the origin at the upper-left corner of the media. The tiles on the right and bottom edges may be smaller than the specified size.

      Select the tile size from the Size list. If you want to set a size other than the standard sizes, select CustomCUT or CustomROLL, and then enter the width and length.

    • Number of Tiles
      Divides the job into the number of tiles specified with Horizontal and Vertical. All the tiles will be the same size.

      Select the Place alternated check box to rotate the tiles in even-numbered columns 180 degrees.

  4. Click .
    You can use the layout area to check how the tiled image is arranged on the media.
    MEMO To arrange the layout, drag the preview of the tiled image directly or click or .
  5. Click OK.
  6. Click .
    The Advanced Print Settings window appears.
  7. Set the Print Count.
  8. Click Print.
    Processing by the RIP and printing are performed.
    MEMO You can show or hide each tile by right-clicking it in the layout area. Hidden tiles are not printed. However, you cannot set all the tiles so that no tiles are printed.