Output Options

To open the Output Options, choose Print Options from the File menu and click on the Output tab. These options control what is printed and how it is printed. For information on printing, see the Printing Overview.

Print layers

Only foreground layers are printed - background layers are never printed. You can choose to print what you see on screen (Visible foreground layers), or to print all foreground layers, regardless of whether they are visible or not (All foreground layers).

Print As

This option controls how Xara LX prints a document. You can use Normal printing (a combination of normal printing and bitmaps for transparent areas), Bitmap or Anti-aliased Bitmap. The last two print the document by creating one large bitmap of it. See the Printing Overview for more details. If you are producing imageset separated output, always select Normal or PostScript printing. If you select either of the bitmap options, all colors are color corrected and spot colors output to CMYK.

Transparency resolution

LX's transparency
effects are created using bitmaps
. This option controls the resolution of those bitmaps when sent to the printer. Automatic is suitable for most drawings. Xara LX then automatically selects a resolution suitable for the current printer.

Resolution of other bitmaps:

Bevels and Shadows: this is controlled by View in the Options dialog box.

Bitmaps created using Create bitmap copy: this is controlled by Bitmap size in the Create Bitmap copy dialog box.

Fill Quality

Dimmed for PostScript printers.

Using this option you can choose how many steps make up the graduated fills in your document when it is printed. The Normal setting is suitable for most purposes. See the Printing Overview for more details.

Text Options

If you set the Print All Text as Shapes option, all text will be converted to simple shapes before the document is sent to the printer. See Printing text for more details.