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Before you start printing, you need to tell Lightroom
which printer and what size and type of paper you’re
using. To do this, you click on the Page and Print Setup
buttons in the lower left of the screen, which opens the Print
Setup options panel. Note that our screen is on a Mac. It will
look slightly different on a PC.3
The template Browser offers a wide and varied selection of
different print layouts, including contact sheets, greetings
cards, overlapping collages and many more. One of the most
useful, and a good starting point, is near the bottom of the list:
Maximize Size, which as the name suggests, fills as much of the
page as possible.2 Your system’s default printer will be preselected but if
you have more than one you can choose which one you
want to use from the drop-down menu. You can also choose to
output to PDF. In the lower drop-down menu you can choose
the paper size that you want to use. Lightroom defaults to 8.5 x
11in US Letter size, so do check this.4 If you don’t want to use a template, or if you prefer to
create your own layout, go to the right-hand sidebar and
at the top locate the Layout Style panel. We’ll cover creating
custom print layouts in more detail later on but if you want to
just print a single image, select the top option, Single Image/
Contact Sheet.Options and
Features
Lightroom’s dedicated Print Module has multiple options to help
produce stunning photographs that you can proudly display. From
framed prints to producing a contact sheet for a client or a page to go
in a wedding album, these features offer excellent results every time.
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