Printing Your Document

After you complete the design, you are ready to print your document. Depending on how your production environment is set up, you can print from several different applications in BarTender.

ClosedTo print your document from BarTender Designer

  1. Open the document that you want to print.

  2. On the File menu, click Print to open the Print dialog. Alternatively, click Print on the main toolbar.

  3. Verify that the correct printer is selected.

    Each on-screen design area for a document is configured to match a printer stock on a specific printer. Because different printers support different sizes of media, if you need to change printers or media, the positioning of objects on your printed items might be affected. If this occurs, you might need to modify your design to match the new printer and media before you print.

  4. If you are connected to a database, verify that the Use database check box is selected.

  5. For Copies, enter the number of copies that you want to print. If you are connected to a database, this is the number of copies for each record in your database and not the total number of items that will be printed.

  6. Click Print.

ClosedTo print your document from Print Station

  1. Open Print Station.

  2. Browse to the document that you want to print.

  3. Click the document one time. Depending on how Print Station is configured, this operation either starts the print job or opens the Print Document dialog.

  4. If prompted, select the printer that you want to use, and then enter the number of copies to print.

  5. Click Print.

ClosedTo print your document from Print Portal

  1. Open Print Portal.

  2. Browse to the document that you want to print.

  3. Click the document one time. Depending on how Print Portal is configured, this operation might prompt you to connect to a printer. In this case, follow the steps in the wizard until it displays the Print page.

  4. On the Print page, select the printer that you want to use, and then enter any other information that you want.

  5. Click Print.

When you click Print, one of the following actions takes place, depending on the configuration of your document: