Each time you make a selection using the pull-down menu, a different group of settings will be displayed in the main area of the dialog box. You can set the options for your print job using the third pull-down menu from the top in the dialog box.You can also select Shared Printers to send your print job to a shared printer on your network. If you have access to more than one printer, use the Printer pull-down menu to select the printer you want to use. Your default printer should already be selected.

From the first pull-down menu, choose the printer to use.

This will bring up a dialog box with three pulldown menus at the top.

With the document open, select File, Print, or use the keyboard shortcut Command + P to access the print dialog box.

If you want to change the default options (such as number of pages, etc.) before you print, print the document by following these steps:

If you print this way, you bypass the print dialog box described in this task altogether. This button usually prints one copy of the document using all the default printer settings. Many programs, such as Microsoft Word, also offer a Print button on the main toolbar. Most of the time, you print documents directly from the program you used to create them, whether that program is a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Pages, or a one of the iLife programs such as iPhoto.

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