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Downloading/Printing Images Instructions

This page is meant to serve as a quick guide to help you download and print images.

Printing Images

THUMBNAIL

Click on the thumbnail to view a full size version. (Image will launch in a new window) Follow the directions below based on your platform
(PC, Mac or UNIX).

Printing On a PC:

For Jpg or Gif images, once you are on the page with just the image, go to the "File" menu and choose "Print".

If you have an image that is tall, not wide, and you want your image to be printed in portrait mode (vertically), choose "Portrait". Note: this is usually the default setting of your printer options.

If you are printing an image that is wide, not tall, you will probably want your image printed in landscape mode (horizontally). Choose "Landscape".

If you want a black and white image, choose "Greyscale". If you want a color printout, choose "Color" and be sure to send your request to your color printer in the line "Print Command:" where you tell the computer which printer to print to.

If your printer has several sizes of paper available, you can also assign a paper size (usually letter or legal).

Then hit "Print" or "OK".

To print a Tif (high resolution) image, you must first download the image to your desktop, open in a browser and follow the above directions.

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Printing On a Mac:

For Jpg or Gif images, once you are on the page with just the image, go to the "File" menu and choose "Print".

If you have an image that is tall, not wide, and you want your image to be printed in portrait mode (vertically), choose "Portrait". Note: this is usually the default setting of your printer options.

If you are printing an image that is wide, not tall, you will probably want your image printed in landscape mode (horizontally). Choose "Landscape".

If you want a black and white image, choose "Greyscale". If you want a color printout, choose "Color" and be sure to send your request to your color printer in the line "Print Command:" where you tell the computer which printer to print to.

If your printer has several sizes of paper available, you can also assign a paper size (usually letter or legal).

Then hit "Print" or "OK".

To print a Tif (high resolution) image, you must first download the image to your desktop, open in a browser and follow the above directions.

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Printing On a UNIX:

For Jpg or Gif images, once you are on the page with just the image, go to the "File" menu and choose "Print".

If you have an image that is tall, not wide, and you want your image to be printed in portrait mode (vertically), choose "Portrait". Note: this is usually the default setting of your printer options.

If you are printing an image that is wide, not tall, you will probably want your image printed in landscape mode (horizontally). Choose "Landscape".

If you want a black and white image, choose "Greyscale". If you want a color printout, choose "Color" and be sure to send your request to your color printer in the line "Print Command:" where you tell the computer which printer to print to.

If your printer has several sizes of paper available, you can also assign a paper size (usually letter or legal).

Then hit "Print" or "OK".

To print a Tif (high resolution) image, you must first download the image to your desktop, open in a browser and follow the above directions.

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Downloading/Saving Images


Downloading On a PC:

To download a Gif/Jpg image, click on the thumbnail for the GIF image. This will bring you to a new page with the enlarged image only on it. To save the image, place your cursor over the image and click with the RIGHT mouse button. Scroll down the pop up menu that appears and choose "Save Image As". A dialog box will appear allowing you to save the image to your hard drive or disk.

After saving an image to your disk or hard drive, you can choose Open File or Open Page from the File menu to display the local file as a Netscape page. ( A file on your diskette is a local file; a file out on the network is a remote file).

To save/download a Tif (high resolution) image, click on the "High Res Tif" link. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to save or open the file: Choose "save" and specify where on your local machine you wish to save the image. Then, open the image in an imaging application, such as Adobe Photoshop or Image Viewer.

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Downloading On a Mac:

To download a Gif/Jpg image, click on the thumbnail for the GIF image. This will bring you to a new page with the enlarged image only on it. While pointing over the image that you want to save, hold down the mouse button for a second or two. Choose "Save This Image As" item from the pop-up menu that appears. This will allow you to save the image to your floppy disk or hard drive.

After saving an image to your disk or hard drive, you can choose Open File or Open Page from the File menu to display the local file as a Netscape page. ( A file on your diskette is a local file; a file out on the network is a remote file).

To save/download a Tif (high resolution) image, click on the "High Res Tif" link. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to save or open the file: Choose "save" and specify where on your local machine you wish to save the image. Then, open the image in an imaging application, such as Adobe Photoshop or Image Viewer.

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Downloading On a UNIX:

To download a Gif/Jpg image, click on the thumbnail for the GIF image. This will bring you to a new page with the enlarged image only on it. To save the image, place your cursor over the image and click with the RIGHT mouse button. Scroll down the pop up menu that appears and choose "Save Image As". A dialog box will appear allowing you to save the image to your hard drive or disk.

After saving an image to your disk or hard drive, you can choose Open File or Open Page from the File menu to display the local file as a Netscape page. ( A file on your diskette is a local file; a file out on the network is a remote file).

To save/download a Tif (high resolution) image, click on the "High Res Tif" link. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to save or open the file: Choose "save" and specify where on your local machine you wish to save the image. Then, open the image in an imaging application, such as Adobe Photoshop or Image Viewer.

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