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6x9 envelope

9.5x4 envelope

PicoPicoMenu2

RoundShells

PizzaPrices

64 pixel spacer

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These templates were built to display at 1024 x 768 on a 4 x 3 aspect 17" LCD and

their primary purpose is the construction of printable menus on 8.5 x 11 yellow

50 Characters wide x 41 Characters long = 2050 characters

The overall screen size is 983 Wide by 688 High. Our working area is 855W x 660H.

paper.

let form we are most concerned with being able to adjust the position of our edging

Printing paper dimensions vary in length and since our menus will be printed in pamp

discussion we will assume that the left edge of this screen will always enter the

and scriptboxes to take into account paper and printer quirks. For purposes of this

possibility of length variation to a minimum. The cheapest way to assure that your

printer first. Try to buy enough paper for the job at hand in one package to keep the

your paper until you have adjusted the frames (and therefore the empty textboxes) to

script and edging will be aligned on the finished product is to print empty frames on

centerline because we cannot move the centerline only half a pixel or make a line only

fit perfectly near the edge of the paper. It's not always possible to have a vertical

Suppose we only need to move the right textboxes and their cuelines one pixel to the

half a pixel wide.

width to two pixels. When the rightside textboxes and cue lines need to be moved 2

right for centering purposes. Either we have to eliminate the centerline or double it's

Do not change the dimensions of the overall 855 x 660 working file, just move the

keystrokes right the center line should only be moved 1 keystroke to keep it centered

The cuelines and textboxes are set 7 keystrokes from the edge of the page so that

elements on the page.

may be moved three keystrokes to keep it centered.

the boxes and outer cuelines can be moved a total of 6 keystrokes while the centerline

Because of price changes it's important to take advantage of the layers feature so that

offering.

prices may be changed with just a few keystrokes and without disturbing the menu

menu page may occupy the left or right position on the paper.

Take note that every menu page is twinned for standard and long paper so that any

end twins may be masked off and two menus placed on one sheet.

There are several options that can be employed for printing balanced pages. opposite

grill pages. those files were then placed on the pizza grill menu page. The compound

The final menus on this site were built by capturing half screen files of the pizza and

desktop folder for use by the printer. Red edging and other color lines may be built

page was again captured using the Pixelmetric Capture Wiz program and saved to

using the paint program and saving as .jpg files. Gif lines may not survive multiple

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the FRAME feature of the Pixelmetric Capture Wiz Pprogram to capture all the files. Can't be beat.

62 Characters wide x 47 Characters long = 2914 characters

Edging work must be perfect to look good and should not be used unless it is perfectly placed.

file transfers. All of the pages were saved as GIFS for transfer betwenn pages to offsite folders. I used

Keep highlighting to a minimum within the menu. Highlighting calls attention to a particular item

at the cost of the whole menu and usually makes the menu harder to read and comprehend.

Edging may be placed in a separate pass thru the printer..

Stick to one size of font throughout your menu.

PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR LEXMARK 3400

01. OPEN THE FILE FOLDER OF SAVED IMAGES ON YOUR DESKTOP

02. CLICK ON DESIRED FILE AND ROTATE IMAGE IF NECESSARY

03. AT TOP LEFT CLICK FILE, CLICK PRINT.

04. PHOTO PRINTING WIZARD OPENS, CLICK NEXT.

05. VERIFY FILE AND ORIENTATION ON 'PICTURE SELECTION'

06. CLICK NEXT.

07. CLICK 'PRINTING PREFERENCES'

08. CLICK PAPER SET-UP

09. CHOOSE BORDERLESS, LANDSCAPE

10. CHOOSE QUALITY / COPIES

11. CHOOSE QUICK PRINT OR NORMAL, AUTOMATIC IMAGE SHARPENING, PLAIN

PAPER AND NUMBER OF COPIES DESIRED

12. CLICK OK

13. CLICK NEXT

14. VERIFY FULL PAGE FAX PRINT CENTERED AND ROTATED TO FIT

15. DISREGARD NUMBER OF TIMES TO USE EACH PICTURE

16. CLICK NEXT, PRINTING STARTS CLICK FINISH

When your patron changes an item or price be sure to change it on all of your basic short and long

menus so that you are ready to print different paper weights and dimensions at a moment notice.