Setting PowisPrint Preferences For Your Fastback PowisPrinter

General Preferences:

1. DefaultStrip Width: Each Design Window opens with a design strip at a defaultwidth. The factory setting is Narrow, but you may change it to Mediumor Wide. If you change the width, the Design Window will always openwith the width you select here.

2. Printer Adjustment: Theprinter adjustment allows you to shift your text in relation to theBinderstrip center. Using the up and down arrow keys, you can modifythe text centering by hundredths of an inch. If you're in Landscapeorientation, a positive value shifts the text up from the center; anegative value shifts the text down from the center. If you're inStacked or Portrait orientation, a positive value shifts the text rightof the center; a negative value shifts the text left of the center. Anyprinter adjustment you make affects all printing on every strip, untilit is manually reset to zero. This is true even if you close andre-open PowisPrint.

Color Preferences:

1.Zone Bars: You can jazz up your Display Window by changing the zone barcolors. Choose from the displayed choices to change the active-zone barcolor. The factory setting is white. Choose from the displayed choicesto change the inactive zone bar color. The factory setting is grey.

2. Design Window Background Color: Add more sparkle to your DesignWindow by changing the Design Window background color. Simply click therectangle to access the color palette.

Advanced:

1. Initial Zoom Setting: This feature controls the size of the bookimage in the Design Window. You can input the percent of zoom you wouldlike, from 0.5% to 1.00%. The factory setting is 0.93%.

2.Pages Per Inch: The printer measures book thickness by inches ormillimeters. To translate number of sheets, the printer must have aconversion rate. Depending on the thickness of your paper, thisconversion rate can vary. For example, there will be fewer sheets ofthick paper than thin paper in an inch. The factory setting - 250 pagesper inch - is based on standard, 20-pound bond paper. If you are usingdifferent paper, and also using the "Sheets" feature to measure yourbook's thickness, you may want to change this default. If you don't,the printer will calibrate the appropriate width strip for 20-poundbond paper, and you will end up with strips that do not fit yourdocuments. Keep in mind that if you are using the "Thickness" featureto measure your books, or if you press the "Ask" button to update yourdesign's thickness, you do not need to worry about changing thissetting.

Serial Port:

1. COM Port Number:Choose between 1 and 4, depending on which port you connect thePowisPrinter - PC connector cable to. The default setting is 1.

Regional Settings:

1. Here you can set the default units, language, and orientation youwould like PowisPrint to use Before changing any of these regionalsettings, you must close all open Design Windows.

2. Language:Select the language by clicking the corresponding radial button. Notethat if you change the language from English, the measurement units andorientation automatically switch to the European settings. For example,if you select "French" as your language, PowisPrint switches tomillimeters and the European text orientation. If, however, you wouldlike to work with a European language but still use inches or the UStext orientation, simply click the appropriate button.

3. Unit of Measure: Click the respective radial key to choose inches or millimeters.

4. Title Orientation: This setting allows you to change the landscapetext orientation from US/Canadian to European style. Changing thissimply rotates any landscape text 180°. Note the difference between thetext on the two book images-the landscape text is inverted. To selectan orientation, click a book image.