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Outputting from Photoshop and Bridge

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Outputting from Photoshop and Bridge

Printing from Photoshop is it once a very primitive and a very sophisticated experience. On the primitive side, the program is designed to print one image per page. There is no way to print multi-page documents. Even if you open multiple files, you can't print them all in one fell swoop. You have to print each image in turn. You could even argue that Photoshop isn't a printing program at all, rather it's intended to prepare images that you plan to import into programs that are specifically designed to amass and print pages, such as InDesign or even Illustrator. So what's the sophisticated part? Well, what Photoshop lacks in page control, it makes up for in real-world acumen. First it realizes that you have different output destinations. Sometimes you want to print a full-color page to a printer in your home or office. Other times you want to print several hundred or even thousands of copies of your artwork for mass distribution. Second, Photoshop understands that regardless of your…

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