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How to Get a Design to Print Through on Tracing Paper

Artists and designers often use tracing paper for preliminary work. Tracing paper is highly versatile, as it can be layered in order to present varying views of a design. The surface also takes well to design materials, ranging from high quality inks to markers and pens. Tracing paper can also be used for printed work. You can get a design to print through on tracing paper in just a few steps.

Things You'll Need

  • Printing paper
  • Tracing paper
  • Clear tape
  • Printer
  • Computer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Find a piece of printing paper that matches the size of the tracing paper that you wish to print on. The paper should fit within the parameters of your printer.

    • 2

      Place the tracing paper on top of the printing paper. Align it evenly with the paper's edges.

    • 3

      Secure the corners of the tracing paper and printing paper together. Use small pieces of clear tape to cover each corner, where the two papers meet.

    • 4

      Load the paper into your printer.

    • 5

      Open the design that you intend to print on your computer.

    • 6

      Navigate to your printing program's print options.

    • 7

      Enter the size of the tracing paper next to the "Paper Size" option.

    • 8

      Select "Print" to print the document onto the tracing paper.

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