Chapter 10. Printing

This chapter describes the issues related to printing diagrams: page setup, various methods to print diagrams, and previewing print result.

Page Setup

Various properties (printing diagram information, page margins, printing outline, etc.) can be configured for the print page.

Procedure for Viewing Diagram Information:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Page Setup…] menu to open the Page Setup dialog box.

  2. First, choose where the diagram information will be printed. In the [Options] group, select [None] if the diagram information does not need to be printed. Select [Header] to print the diagram information at the top of the page, and select [Footer] to print it at the bottom of the page.
  3. Select which information will be printed. Types of information available for printing include: [Diagram name], [Project name], [Page number], [Diagram type] and [Date/Time]

Procedure for Setting Page Orientation:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Page Setup…] menu to open the Page Setup dialog box.
  2. In the [Page orientation] group, select [Portrait] to print the paper portrait, and [Landscape] to print it landscape.

Procedure for Specifying Page Margin:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Page Setup…] menu to open the Page Setup dialog box.
  2. In the [Margins] group, enter margin sizes in millimeters in the fields [Top], [Bottom], [Left], and [Right].

Procedure for Printing Page Outline:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Page Setup…] menu to open the Page Setup dialog box.
  2. In the [Border] group, specify the sides for printing outline by checking [Top], [Bottom], [Left], and [Right].
  3. Enter the border thickness in the [Thickness] field.

Printing Diagram

Diagrams can be printed through various methods. This section describes the functions of selecting diagram to print, specifying diagram print size, printing diagram in multiple pages, etc.

Procedure for Printing the Current Diagram:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Print…] menu to open the Print dialog box.

  2. In the [Printer] group, enter the name of the printer to use in the [Name] field.
  3. In the [Print range] group, select [Current diagram] and click the [Print] button.

Procedure for Printing Selected Diagrams Only:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Print…] menu to open the Print dialog box.
  2. In the [Printer] group, enter the name of the printer to use in the [Name] field.
  3. In the [Print range] group, select [Selected diagram(s)] and check the diagrams to print in the [Print range] list below.
  4. Click the [Print] button.

Procedure for Printing Diagram to Fit to Page:

  1. Select the diagram(s) to print at the Print dialog box.
  2. In the [Size] group, select [Fit to page] and click the [Print] button.

Procedure for Printing Diagram in Multiple Pages:

  1. Select the diagram(s) to print at the Print dialog box.
  2. In the [Size] group, select [Tile]. Then, enter integers in the [page(s) wide] and [page(s) tall] fields to specify how many pages will be used (e.g. select 3 pages wide and 2 pages tall to print on 6 pages, i.e., 3*2=6 pages).
  3. Click the [Print] button.

Print Preview

The print result can be previewed before actually printing it on paper.

Procedure for Previewing Print Result:

  1. Select the [File] -> [Print…] menu to open the Print dialog box and enter the diagram information (see the “Printing Diagram” section).
  2. Click the [Preview…] button at the bottom of the Print dialog box.
  3. At the Print Preview dialog box, preview the print result by selecting to preview by one page or two pages.

  4. Click the [Print] button to print from this window, or click the [Close] button to close the preview window.