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# Saving Image Data to be Used as a Background

This feature is unavailable when the 64-bit printer driver is used.

You can select a bitmap file and save it as a new background. You can also change and register some of the settings of an existing background. An unnecessary background can be deleted at any time.

The procedure for registering image data to be used as a background is as follows:

## Registering image data to be used as a background

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Click Stamp/Background... on the Page Setup tab

   The Stamp/Background dialog box opens.

3. Click Select Background...

   The Background Settings dialog box opens.

4. Select the image data to be registered to the background

   Click Select File.... Select the target image data (bitmap file), and then click Open.

5. Specify the following settings while viewing the preview window

   Layout Method

     Select how the background image data is to be placed.
     When Custom is selected, you can set coordinates for X-Position and Y-Position.
     You can also change the background position by dragging the image in the preview window.

   Intensity

     Set the intensity of the background image data with the Intensity slider. To lighten the background, move the slider to the left. To darken the background, move the slider to the right. To print the background at the original bitmap intensity, move the slider to the rightmost position.

6. Save the background

   Click the Save settings tab and enter a new stamp title in the Title box, and then click Save.
   Click OK when the confirmation message appears.

7. Complete the setup

   Click OK. The Stamp/Background dialog box opens again.
   The registered title appears in the Background list.

## Changing and saving some background settings

1. Select the background for which the settings are to be changed

   Check the Background check box in the Stamp/Background dialog box, and then select the title of the background you want to change from the Background list.

2. Click Select Background...

   The Background Settings dialog box opens.

3. While viewing the preview, set the items on the Background tab

4. Save the background

   Click Save overwrite on the Save settings tab. If you want to save the background with a different title, type a new title in the Title box and click Save.
   Click OK when the confirmation message appears.

5. Complete the setup

   Click OK. The Stamp/Background dialog box opens again.
   The registered title appears in the Background list.

## Deleting an unnecessary background

1. Click Select Background... in the Stamp/Background dialog box

   The Background Settings dialog box opens.

2. Select the background to be deleted

   Select the title of the background you want to delete from the Backgrounds list on the Save settings tab, and then click Delete.
   Click OK when the confirmation message appears.

3. Complete the setup

   Click OK. The Stamp/Background dialog box opens again.

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