Question

How many types of print preview are there and what are they?

Answer 1

Answer:

Print Preview is a functionality that lets users see the pages that are about to print, allowing the users to see exactly how the pages will look when they are printed.

By previewing what the layout will look like when printed without actually printing, users can check and fix possible errors before they pursue on the actual printing. Most applications have a Print Preview feature and some applications, like Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft Office[1], automatically open ‘Print Preview’ feature when ‘Print’ menu is selected. This feature is useful for making sure that the layout is the way user expects to be before the actual printing.

Explanation:

Microsoft Word’s Print Preview feature lets users to zoom in/out the document or show multiple pages in a window. Graphic tools like Adobe Photoshop’s Print Preview lets users to position and scale the image before printing.

Web browsers also have Print Preview feature so that users can preview how the website contents will be printed out on paper:

Internet Explorer has Print Preview feature to prevent accidents like printing ten pages where it ought to print one or printing a page with a background so dark you couldn’t read the text and wasting printer ink. In Internet Explorer Print Preview, you can adjust the paper size you'll print on, margins, and page orientation of the Web page. Mozilla Firefox has Print Preview built in as well. Mac OS X Safari (Web browser) lets users to preview the web page when Print is clicked. In Print, Preview button shows and by clicking Preview, it opens Mac OS X Preview (software) application and the print preview of the web page shows up.