Printing Pictures

The Picture Tasks feature enables you to print your images using more options than are available in the Print dialog. Among these additional options are the ability to print picture packages, contact sheets, and custom photo sizes. The Picture Tasks Print Picture command offers options for printing pictures similar to those at a custom photo-finishing center.

To print pictures using Picture Tasks:

1.	Open a PDF file that supports Picture Tasks.
2.	Select Print Pictures from the Picture Tasks pull-down menu. The Print dialog opens. Note that the Picture Tasks Print dialog is different from the Print dialog that opens when you choose File > Print.
3.	Select the pictures you want to print from the Print dialog shown in Figure 9.14. Click each picture you want to print, or click Select All to select all pictures in the file. Figure 9.14. Click Select All to select all pictures, or click pictures individually to print selected pictures.
4.	Click Next. The Print dialog opens.
5.	Select your printer. Click Change Settings to open the Print Setup dialog. In the Print Setup dialog, select a printer from the Name (Windows) or Format for (Macintosh) pull-down menu. Click OK and return to the Print dialog shown in Figure 9.15. Figure 9.15. Click Change Settings to open the Print Setup dialog box and select a target printer. NOTE You can also select a target printer in the Adobe Reader Print dialog box (see step 8).
6.	Select a Print Size. In the Print Size section, click the size you want to print the pictures. When you click a size, a preview of the printed page displays in the Preview section.
7.	If you choose Contact Sheet, as in this example, you can access the Contact Sheet Options. The three options include adding a caption for each index print, a filename, and the date the file is printed.
8.	Click Print. The Adobe Reader Print dialog opens (Figure 9.16). Figure 9.16. Click Print in the Picture Tasks Print dialog box and the Adobe Reader Print dialog box opens.
9.	Double-check the print options and the target printer in the Print dialog box. Click Print to print the file.

What's a Picture Package?

The Picture Tasks Print dialog offers you the option to print a Picture Package. Picture Packages are like photo prints you order at photo-finishing centers. You can choose to print the same picture at different sizes on a single sheet of photo paper.

To print a Picture Package, select the pictures you want to print in the Print dialog. Click Next, and select Picture Package in the Print Size area (Figure 9.17).

Figure 9.17. Click Picture Package to select the Picture Package option.

Click the Select Layout button and another pane opens, as shown in Figure 9.18. Select the layout for the pictures you want to print as a picture package. As you click each option in the Select Layout column, a preview appears showing you how a picture is printed on a page and the various sizes that fit on a single page. Each picture is printed in multiple sizes on separate pages. You can click the right arrow below the thumbnail preview to move forward and view more previews for additional pictures, or you can click the left arrow to move backward through pages.

Figure 9.18. Click Select Layout and a third pane opens, allowing you to choose the layout for the Picture Package.

Click Print, and the Adobe Reader Print dialog opens. Click Print again and your Picture Package is printed.