To Print a
Historical
Document
View the article as usual within the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in (within the browser window).
Be sure to check the image size in the lower left hand corner of the Acrobat screen.
Select the print icon on the Acrobat tool bar.

If necessary, use the ”Graphics Select Tool” to select a part of the larger image (small article or advertisement).

To enlarge a small article
Select “Expand small pages to paper size” on the print dialog screen.
If the document can fit on legal size paper (11” x 17”) and the paper is available, click the “properties button”. Within the properties dialog, select legal paper. (You can use this properties dialog to select “landscape” instead of “portrait” prints as well.)

To print a smaller section of a larger page
Using the graphic select tool, select the small article or advertisement for printing.

To enlarge the page, select “Expand small pages to paper size” on the print dialog screen.

To re-center the page on the paper, select “Auto-rotate and center pages”.

To shrink an article/page map for printing
Select “Shrink oversized pages to paper size” on the print dialog screen. The zoom percentage will be displayed below the print preview, on the bottom right of the window.

To print an article too large for one (split the article into multiple pages)
Use the “Graphics Select Tool” on the tool bar to select a smaller section of the article/page. Select the click the print icon as listed above, and use the expand options, or re-centering options if necessary. Repeat the previous two steps as many times as necessary, selecting a different section of the larger image for printing each time.

Note: If you enlarge or shrink the selection be sure to keep the zoom percentage the same throughout so the separate pages will line up properly.

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