You are welcome to print the Alliance One-Pagers if you wish to do so. However, the versions available on-line --- even the Printer-Friendly versions --- really work best as on-line documents; they will not look as good in a printout as our professionally-designed versions. (You can easily request one free copy of these documents via our Contact page.) But if you still want to print these pages yourself, here are some common printing issues you may encounter.

• How do I make the links and banners go away?
          You're probably trying to print the "normal" version of the pages. We recommend that, before you print any page, you first click on its Printer Friendly button, which will reformat the page so that it looks better as a print-out. Then print that version instead.
  
• How do I make the page numbers or addresses go away?
          Many web browsers automatically print page numbers and site addresses at the top or bottom of printed pages. Luckily, the browsers will let you turn off those embellishments if you don't like them.
          In Microsoft Internet Explorer, Click File, then Page Setup.... You can specify the header and footer displayed on each page in the "Header" and "Footer" boxes. If you want just the contents of the site, with no embellishments, delete the text in these two boxes. This is a permanent change, though, so if you want page numbering on any other pages you print, you will have to restore the text in those boxes to their original values (usually "&w&bPage &p of &P" and "&u&b&d", respectively).
          In Netscape Navigator, Click File, then Page Setup.... Remove all the check-marks in the Header and Footer boxes. This is a permanent change, though, so if you want page numbering on any other pages you print, you will have to restore the checks in those boxes to their original values.
          We do also recommend setting each of the left, right, top, and bottom margins to 0.5" if you have not done so already. Many browsers waste otherwise usable paper with big margins, and you can often save a page every time you print by doing this.
  
• Why do the pictures come out blurry or blocky?
          Your printer may be set to print low-resolution graphics; many printers can be instructed to print lower-quality graphics. On Windows computers, you can correct this by going into Start / Settings / Control Panel / Printers, then right-clicking on your printer, clicking Properties on the pop-up menu, and then going to the Graphics tab. On that tab, you can adjust the print quality if your printer allows it.
          On the other hand, if you have a high-quality printer and everything is working fine, it could just be that the pictures are blurry because the pictures on the web-site are only 75 dots per inch, and your printer can probably handle 300 dots per inch or more. If you think that's the case, and the blurriness bothers you, you should probably get our professionally-printed copies.
• Why isn't it printing the colored backgrounds of some of the pages and tables?
          You have backgrounds turned off in your web browser, or your web browser doesn't support backgrounds (many older browsers could not handle backgrounds correctly). We recommend that you turn on printing of backgrounds if your web browser supports it. In Internet Explorer, go to Tools / Internet Options / Advanced / Printing and check the box next to Print background colors and images. In Netscape, go to File / Page Setup and check the box next to Print backgrounds.
  
• Why is the printed text so small / Why is the printed text so large?
          If you're having this problem with Netscape, you can fix it. Go to Edit / Preferences / Appearance / Fonts and pick a larger or smaller font.
          If you're having this problem with Internet Explorer, you're out of luck; IE does not provide any way to change the printed size of the font, and increasing its size in the display does not necessarily increase its size in the printed version. You can always get our professionally-printed copies, which are quite readable.
• I have a laser printer and it only prints part of one page, or it just produces a "memory error."
          Your graphics quality is set too high: The printer must be able to store the entire page inside it before it can print it, and if your graphics quality is too high, the whole page won't fit.
          On Windows computers, you can fix this by going into Start / Settings / Control Panel / Printers, then right-clicking on your printer, clicking Properties on the pop-up menu, and then going to the Graphics tab. On that tab, you can change the print quality to a lower setting if your printer allows it.
  
• My printout has page-breaks in strange places; sometimes pictures or tables get cut off at the bottom of the page.
          There's not much we can do about this. Web browsers are allowed to break the page wherever they want, and some dumbly break the page in the middle of a picture or table. If you're experiencing this problem, try changing the print margins (usually in the same location as the header/footer information; see "How do I make the page numbers or addresses go away," above) or try changing the font size (see "Why is the printed text so small," above). If this really annoys you, you should get our professionally-printed copies, which not only have page-breaks in the right locations, but also have full-color and shiny new paper.