Print Options panel

The Print Options panel contains options for printing or exporting your layouts. It is located on the right of the window in Print mode.

You can hide/show the Print Options panel in any of the following ways:

  • Press Ctrl/Cmd-9.

  • Click the disclosure arrow on the right edge of the main window.

  • Choose Window > Show Right Zone.

All the options that you set in the Print Options panel are saved with your project. The options are divided into the following sections:

Destination

Allows you to select a physical printer for printing or a file location for exporting a graphics file.

  • For layouts set to print, you can change the number of copies.

  • For layouts set to export as graphics files, you can specify the format, color mode, image resolution, file name, and directory of the saved file.

Destination section of the Print Options panel
Job Type

Allows you to choose the pages to be printed or exported, and how they are arranged. You can choose all pages, a range of pages, or a range of flows.

Job Type section of the Print Options panel
Page Setup

Allows you to set the paper size and orientation. You can specify the scale factor of the image to be printed or exported.

Page Setup section of the Print Options panel
Duplex Printing

Allows you to specify whether to print on one or on both sides of each sheet of paper. Only available when Printer is selected in the Destination section.

Duplex Printing section of the Print Options panel
Annotations

Allows you to activate options that are often required by publishing houses or printing agencies, such as crop marks or a border around the printed image.

Annotations section of the Print Options panel
Print button

Allows you to print/export selected layouts according to the settings you have set in the Print Options panel.

Depending on your selection, the print button can appear in one of the following ways:

  • Print

  • Export

  • Print and Export

For example, if you selected layouts that are all set to print, Print is shown. If you selected some layouts set to export graphics and some layouts set to print, Print and Export is shown.