If your library owns or plans to own a 3D printer, take a look at ALA's 3D Tip Sheet that explores the public policy opportunities and challenges of 3D printer access for your patrons.

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Printing from Excel can be frustrating if your spreadsheet is too wide or too tall to fit on a single page.  If those last few columns or rows print on a second page, it makes the info harder to digest.

One option is to use the "Fit Sheet on One Page" command from the scaling drop-down menu to shrink the page — but that can make your spreadsheet way too small to read.

Instead, watch this 3-minute video to see Mary Sanseverino demonstrate a different way to print your large-ish spreadsheet on a single page:

If you ever try printing a PDF from within Adobe Reader but all the text prints as garbage (“greeked” text), use this tip to work around it.

1. From the Print dialog box in Adobe Reader, click the Advanced button in the bottom left corner of the print window

   

For most documents I print, I only need a black & white copy for myself, so choose not to use the color ink cartridge or high-quality mode.

Since that's my choice for 95% of what I print, I've set that as the default mode for my printer, so I only need to tweak the settings when I want a color or best quality printout.

The default settings I've chosen are

Printing a spreadsheet that has many rows and columns can be a challenge.  Before you print, you can quickly rearrange page breaks to define what will be printed on each page. Your printout will look just right, and no paper will be wasted on bad printouts or blank pages. This short video demonstrates how you can use Page Break Preview to drag to easily drag page breaks to precisely the spot you want them.