The dialog is opened when you select Page Layout in the Options menu or if you press Page Layout in the Print dialog.
You can also open the dialog from the Montage dialog to set layout properties for a single image object.
Orientation
The maximum image size depends on the orientation.
Best Fit is the orientation that gives the largest image.
Rotation
You can rotate the image 90 degrees relative to its current appearance
(you can also rotate the image in the Edit menu).
By default a counter-clockwise rotation applies. Use the check box Clockwise to force a clockwise rotation.
 | The Rotation option refers to the image, whereas the Orientation option refers to the paper. Note, however, that the paper will follow the rotation if orientation is Best Fit. |
To rotate the image 180 degrees you cain either click twice on Rotate 90 or you can mirror the image horizontally and vertically.
Mirror
The mirror functions available in the Edit menu
are also available in this dialog.
Click on Horizontal Mirror to mirror the image horizontally,
or click on Vertical Mirror to mirror the image vertically.
(click again to get back to the previous appearance).
You can specify a relative position of the image on the page by means of Horizontal and Vertical alignment (alternatively, you can specify an absolute position - refer to Offset below).
Position
By alignment
| Left, Right, Top, and Bottom alignment refer to the printer's margins (the printable area). Center alignment, however, refers to the center of the page. This is not necessarily the same as the center of the printable area. This implies that the maximum scale factor normally is less than 100% if you choose Center alignment. |
If you type an offset value, which is out of range, or in combination with the current image size would cause (parts of) the image to be positioned outside the printable area, the offset is changed to the alignment that best fits the intended offset.
Choose among these units:
If you change Width or Height when Maintain Aspect Ratio is enabled
the other is automatically updated.
The maximum size (100%) is defined as the largest size you can get within the printable area
for the given orientation and aspect ratio. This is the default image size.
Use the slider to specify a smaller scale.
The margins impose limits on the image position and size. No part of the image can be outside the margins.
Enable Show Margins to include the outline of the margins in the preview window.
Unit of Measurement
Scale
You can specify the size or scale of the printed image in different ways:
Example:
An image of 340 x 252 pixels displayed on a screen at 75 dpi occupies 4.53 x 3.36 inches
(or 115 x 85 millimeters). To print it at the same size (4.53 x 3.36 inches) on a 600 dpi printer
you can specify pixel scale 600/75 = 8.
Metric scale options are only available if the input file contains metric size information.
If you specify a metric scale that exceeds the page size the image is clipped.
Maintain Aspect Ratio is automatically restored if you change the image size by means
of Scale or Pixel Scale.
Margins
All printers have a "dead zone" around the edges where you cannot print.
These margins constitute the printable area.