Setup Printing on Windows
You will want to setup all the printer settings as default through the Windows Control Panel, since the settings through the Test and Setup buttons in Sparkbooth do not save in between application re-starts. To setup printing on Windows:
- Go to your computer's Control Panel > Devices
and Printers
- Right-click the printer and set it as the default
printer
- Right-click the printer and select Printing
preferences to setup the printer's default paper size and other
settings
- Open Sparkbooth, and press F1 to display the Settings
dialog
- Select Printing options
- Check "Enable printing" if you want to automatically
print within each session
- Select the printer from the drop down list
- Press the Test button. This will display the print
dialog. Select the printer and press Properties to verify
the configuration. When you are done, press the OK button
to print a test layout. If you do not want to print a test layout,
you can turn off the printer and delete the print job from the
printer queue.
If you are still unable to print, it means your printer may have specific settings that cannot be set to default through Control Panel. You may have to setup the printer each time you start Sparkbooth:
- Go to Sparkbooth Settings
- Select Printing options
- Press the Setup button to display the Setup dialog. In
the dialog, select the paper size. Press OK to close the
Setup dialog
- Press the Test button to display the Print dialog. In
the dialog, make sure the your printer is selected, and you can set
the other printer specific settings in the Properties
button. Press Print to test the setup.
- Check the option "Always Print with Current Settings" if the
printer dialog has it. If not, these printer specific settings
cannot be saved and reused in between re-starts, so you will need
to repeat these steps to re-setup the printer when starting
Sparkbooth.
- Also try toggling the "Automatically scale photo to fit paper size" and/or "Center layout on paper" options in Sparkbooth printing settings.
For printing on Mac, see Setup Printing on Mac