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26<topic id="textsharedguideprint_fasterxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Printing with Reduced Data</title>
28<filename>/text/shared/guide/print_faster.xhp</filename>
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32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5201574">
33<bookmark_value>gradients off for faster printing</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>bitmaps;off for faster printing</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>resolution when printing bitmaps </bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>transparency;off for faster printing</bookmark_value>
37<bookmark_value>reduced printing</bookmark_value>
38<bookmark_value>speed of printing</bookmark_value>
39<bookmark_value>printing speed</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>printing;transparencies</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>printing;faster</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>faster printing</bookmark_value>
43</bookmark><comment>mw made "reduced printing;..." and "speed of printing;..." a one level entry</comment>
44<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN106AA" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="print_faster"><link href="text/shared/guide/print_faster.xhp">Printing faster with Reduced Data</link>
45</variable></paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106C8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can decide to reduce the data necessary to print your document. The settings can be defined differently for printing directly to the printer or for printing to a file.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106CE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - $[officename] - Print</emph>.</paragraph>
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51<listitem>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click one of the following settings options:</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106D9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
54<emph>Printer</emph>
55<emph>-</emph> to define options for reducing data while printing directly to a printer</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106E2" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
57<emph>Print to file</emph>
58<emph>-</emph> to define options for reducing data while printing to a file</paragraph>
59</listitem>
60<listitem>
61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106EC" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select any combination of the four options, then click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106EF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">All documents that you print from now on will use the changed options.</paragraph>
63</listitem>
64<listitem>
65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Print your document.</paragraph>
66</listitem>
67</list>
68<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can reduce data for transparency, for gradients, or for bitmaps. When you reduce the data, on many printers you will not see a reduction of printing quality. But the printing time is substantially shorter, and when you print to a file, the file size is much smaller.</paragraph>
69<section id="relatedtopics">
70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10704" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/optionen/01010900.xhp">Print options</link></paragraph>
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