Tutorials

iView MediaPro lets you create printing templates to suit all your needs. These printing templates are text files and placed in the Plug-ins: Print Templates.

Printing templates allow the user to define the specific size and position of the printing area on a page. It is made up of a line of text containing 5 values separated by a single space.

Example: -1 -1 342 339 px
• Value 1: Right margin
• Value 2: Top margin
• Value 3: Width
• Value 4: Height
• Value 5: Unit of measure

Acceptable units
• in (inch)
• px (pixel)
• cm (centimeter)
• mm (millimeter)
• Use "." or "," as decimal separators.

If the margin is set at "-1," iView automatically centers the printing area with these margins.

Example: The print area on the front of a standard CD jewel case is 120x120 mm. To center the image horizontally, you need to place it: (210-120) ÷ 2 = 45 mm on the right margin. To center the image vertically, you need to place it: (297-120) ÷ 2 = 88.5 mm on the left margin. For simplicity, we will use 80 mm.

The coordinates that we need for the CD face template are:
45 80 120 120 mm or -1 -1 120 120 mm

Create a template
Step 1: Create a text file with the proper order and number of values. Place in the Plug-ins: Print Templates folder.

Step 2: Select the image you want to print in Media View. Press CMD-P or click on the printer icon in the toolbar.

Step 3: Select the new template in the Print Dialog box.

Step 4: Modify the scale, crop marks, etc. Then print to your new template.