Using Adobe LeanPrint

 Adobe no longer makes updates to the Adobe LeanPrint product. For more details, see the Support Options page for discontinued products. 

For more information on how LeanPrint works, and some "under-the-hood" information, see Printing web pages.

Print documents

To print a document using LeanPrint, open the Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, or Adobe PDF document.

For more information on how LeanPrint works, and some "under-the-hood" information, see:

• Printing documents

• Printing spreadsheets

• Printing presentations

• Printing PDFs

• Printing web pages

Adobe LeanPrint Dialog

The LeanPrint dialog displays when you choose to print a document. In the print dialog, you choose the required print options and then print the document . Alternatively, you can choose the print options and then view the preview of the document.

Print or preview a document

Printer

Choose the printer from the list of printers installed on your computer.

Copies

Specify the number of copies of the document to print.

Collated

Choose this option if you want your print job to be kept in the order that you created in your document when printed. This check box is available if you are printing multiple copies.

Print Range

You can choose to print a specific section or the entire document.

Page Range (for Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF) / Custom Range (for Microsoft PowerPoint)

Choose to print all pages of the document or a specified range of pages.

Support: Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF.

Active Sheets / Workbook / Selection

Choose to print the current active sheet, the entire workbook or the selected range on cells.

Support: Microsoft Excel.

Black and White / Color

Choose to print the document in black and white or in color.

Slides

Choose the number of slides per page to print.

Support: Microsoft PowerPoint.

Print mode

You can choose to print with the specific saver mode. For example, using toner saver will print the document with the original layout while saving toner ink.

Toner Saver / Super Saver

Choose Super Saver to allow LeanPrint to optimize the document to save both paper and toner.

Choose Tone Saver to allow LeanPrint to optimize the document to save toner while still retaining the original document layout.

Support: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF.

Light Toner Intensity / Dark Toner Intensity

Choose to print with in Toner Saver mode with light or dark toner intensity. Lower toner intensity leads to higher savings.

Support: Microsoft PowerPoint.

Print with comments

Check this option to print the comments along with the rest of the document contents.

Also, LeanPrint for Adobe PDF appends a summary of all comments to the output of the document along with the annotations and drawing markups.

Support: Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF.

Preview

Click to preview the document with the selected Saver (Super Saver or Toner Saver) option. For details see Preview.

When you click Preview, the progress of the optimization process displays in the selected Saver (Super Saver or Toner Saver) box. To cancel the optimization process, click the X to the right of the progess bar.

Support: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF.

Print

Click to print with the specified print options.

Quick Print documents

After you've used LeanPrint for a while, you'll find that using the Preview is not necessary, and you have a fair idea what the printed output will look like. In such cases you can use Quick Print to skip the preview. Quick Print uses Toner Saver mode with the gray scale option for maximum savings.

• Click File > Print > Quick Print.

Adobe LeanPrint sends the document directly to the default printer in the Super Saver mode. You can configure Adobe LeanPrint display a preview of the document:

Preview

The Preview window shows your document as it will print. The initial preview is generated using the default settings. You can also modify the settings, and regenerate the preview, and once you're satisfied, click Print.

Adjust the preview

Views

Click Super Saver, Toner Saver, or My Savings.

Printers

Choose a printer from the list of available printers, or to open the Printer Properties dialog box.

You can also click the Printer icon to open the Printer Properties dialog box.

Copies

Enter the number of copies to print.

Collated

Enable to collate the copies at the printer.

Color

Click to change the color option: Color or Grayscale.

Color intensity

Move the slider to adjust the color intensity. Lower color intensity leads to higher savings.

Three levels of color intensity (light, medium, and dark) are available in the Super Saver mode, while two levels (light and medium) are available in the Toner Saver mode.

Light

Lightens the color intensity, leading to toner savings. For supported document types, colored fills in charts are replaced with patterns, while all other colored fills are removed.

Medium

Lightens the color/toner intensity. However, chart fills and other fills are not removed or replaced.

Dark

Does not lighten the color intensity

Page orientation

Select either Portrait or Landscape page orientation. LeanPrint lets you switch page orientation if the document does not contain tables, hand-created tables (pseudo-tables created using the Tab key), or forms.

By default, LeanPrint chooses the orientation that best suits the document.

Font size

Select a Font size to be used when generating the preview. This option is only available for Super Saver mode, and is not available in Microsoft Excel.

Zoom

Select a zoom level at which to show the preview.

Preview savings

The status bar at the bottom of the Preview window shows you the savings for printing one copy of the current document.

At a glance you can see the pages, toner, and money you'll save. The My Savings tab shows you your aggregate savings. See My Savings.

My Savings

My Savings is a dashboard to all your savings, and displays the savings in an easy-to-understand, graphical manner. My Savings displays your printing trends, and shows you how much printing you've done using LeanPrint. At a glance you can also see how much paper, toner, and money you've saved, ever since you started using LeanPrint.

To view My Savings, do one of the following:

• Click My Savings in the Preview window.

• In Windows, click Start > All Programs > LeanPrint > My Savings.

Settings

Click Settings icon to specify common settings for running LeanPrint.

Specify the following:

When enabled, this setting activates the Ctrl+Alt+P shortcut to give you an alternate way of printing, in addition to the normal Ctrl+P shortcut.

If you select this setting, Quick LeanPrint skips preview and sends the document directly to the default printer.

You can enable this option for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or both.

Allow Adobe LeanPrint to regularly check for updates. When an new update is found, you will be prompted to download and then install the update.

Enter the approximate cost of paper. Divide the cost of ream of paper with the number of sheets. For example: if a ream of 500 sheets cost $4, enter 0.8 cents.

Enter the approximate cost of toner per sheet. Divide the cost of the toner cartridge with the number of pages it normaly prints.

Enter the approximate cost of toner per sheet. Divide the cost of the toner cartridge with the number of pages it normally prints.

When enabled, LeanPrint collects and periodically sends usage data to Adobe. This information is used by Adobe to understand how the product is used, and to improve the product. No personal or identifiable information is transmitted.

Enter Serial Number

Enter the Adobe LeanPrint product serial number that you received on purchasing the licensed version of the product. Alternatively, if the trial period of Adobe LeanPrint has expired on your computer, enter the product serial number to continue using the product.

LeanPrint Discontinued

Adobe no longer provides updates to the LeanPrint application. If you would like to know more, please see the Support Options page for discontinued apps and services.