FinePrint is a Windows printer driver that acts as an intermediate preview window between your application and your physical printer. The concept of streamlining your workflow with FinePrint maps directly to its core operational steps and document consolidation capabilities.
This tutorial outlines how to optimize your day-to-day printing using a 5-step workflow approach built into the software. Step 1: Intercept Your Print Job
Instead of sending a document directly to your physical printer (e.g., HP, Brother, Epson), you route it through FinePrint first.
Open your document in any standard application (Word, web browser, PDF viewer). Press Ctrl + P or open the Print menu. Select FinePrint from your printer list and click Print.
The file will process, and the custom FinePrint preview console will open. Step 2: Combine Multiple Documents (Batching)
One of FinePrint’s best workflow features is the ability to merge entirely separate files or web pages into a single print layout, avoiding multiple separate tray outputs. Leave the FinePrint preview window open on your screen.
Return to your original app or open a completely different one (e.g., pull text from an email and charts from Excel). Select Print to FinePrint again.
The second document automatically appends to the end of the previous one within the preview window. Step 3: Optimize the Layout (Eco-Printing)
Before committing ink to paper, you use the sidebar tools to clean up and condense the pages, which saves paper, ink, and time.
Multi-Up Printing: Choose a layout like 2-up, 4-up, or 8-up to print multiple pages scaled down onto a single physical sheet.
Double-Sided: Enforce duplex printing with a single checkbox, forcing any standard printer to print double-sided.
Remove Graphics: Strip out heavy ink-wasting background graphics, text boxes, or unwanted ads from web pages with one click.
Delete Blank Pages: Scroll through the thumbnails and hit delete on accidental blank trailing pages or irrelevant sheets. Step 4: Add Markup, Stamps, or Letterheads
FinePrint allows you to apply professional modifications directly to the print spool without editing the source files. Using letterhead – FinePrint
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