print preview too small to be useful

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Hopelessly_Screwed
Feb 8, 2004
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I have been working on a small print advertisement that is 1.75" x 1.5" at 300dpi. While designing the ad, Elements provides a great view, but when the Print Preview utility is selected, the preview is so small as to be useless. Is there anyway to view the print preview at a larger size; maybe 200% or 400%?

My problem is that I am working on a notebook not connected to a printer, so I have no idea if the ad will be legible at the actual print size. The preview window provides an image that is maybe 1/3 the actual size, so its of little use.

Is there any other work-around that I’m not thinking of? Some other software that provides a realistic print preview of my final JPG image file, perhaps?

thanks

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Nancy_S
Feb 8, 2004
lex125,

If you have the magnifier glass selected in the Tool Box, look just above the image workarea and you’ll see three boxes; actual pixels, fit to screen and print size. Click on the print size and this will give a fair approximation of your document/image.

The print preview is used for checking the alignment of an image on the paper you will print on.
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Hopelessly_Screwed
Feb 8, 2004
Thanks!

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