The Printer Configuration window (Linux only)

  This window is for SDS2 operating under Linux. It can be used to set the scaling factor or margins of drawings that you File > Print in the Drawing Editor . It also sets whether File > Print outputs the drawing to a printer (' Use Printer ') or to a file (' Use User Options - Output - Printer ').

About this window :

Also see :

  • Print (this window applies to)
  • Printer ( User Option -- applies when ' Use User Option... ' is set)

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To open the Printer Configuration window :

1 . Do one (1) of the following.

Method 1 : Home > Export > Plotting .

Method 2 : Interface > Plotting while in Modeling or the Drawing Editor .

2 . The Printing window opens.

2a : Click " Print Configuration ."

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------ Output ------

  Use Printer

When this radio button is selected, the " Current printer " identified below is used when you File > Print your current drawing in the Drawing Editor. The settings on this window for Printer margins and Image preparation will be applied.

Current printer: This is a read-only information. It applies only when " Use Printer " (above) is selected. It tells you the name of the printer or plotter that will be printed to when you File > Print your current drawing in the Drawing Editor under Linux.

To change the current printer: Click " Choose Printer " on the Printing window.

  Use User Options - Output - Printer

When this radio button is selected, the file folder that is set for User and Site Options > Output > " Output configurations " > " Printer " is the destination that drawing files are output to when you File > Print your current drawing in the Drawing Editor.

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------ Printer margins ------

Horizontal (mm): The horizontal distance (in millimeters) from the left/right edge of the sheet to where you want side margins to begin.

This field is for sheets that print vertically.

Frame advance (mm): The vertical distance (in millimeters) from the bottom/top edge of the sheet to where you want bottom/top margins to begin.

This field is for sheets that print vertically.

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------ Image preparation ------

Use HP-GL/2 print size (PS) command? or .

This box should be checked ( ) for HP-GL/2 printers and compatibles if you wish to adjust scaling.

The box should be not checked ( ) for certain HP-GL printers and compatibles.

Reduction/enlargement scaling-factor (%): Any percentage between 0.00 and 999.99 .

Your printer will scale your sheets by this amount. To plot sheets at their specified " Drawing scale ," enter 100 . A scaling factor of 50 will cause the print to be 1/4 the area it would be at 100%.

Page size (PCL printers only): 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17 or 8.5 x 14 or etc. This applies when the " Current printer " is a PCL laser printer. Otherwise this field is disabled .

Select the page size that your laser printer uses. The sheet that you output will automatically be scaled to fit the paper size.

Page orientation (PCL printers only): Portrait or Landscape . This applies when the " Current printer " is a PCL laser printer. Otherwise this field is disabled .

' Portrait ' should be selected when the long side of the sheet (as shown in the Drawing Editor ) is oriented vertically and you want the sheet to be printed in this same orientation.

' Landscape ' should be selected when the long side of the sheet (as shown in the Drawing Editor ) is oriented horizontally and you want the sheet to be printed in this same orientation.

Image transfer and/or storage encoding: None or 7-BIT or 8-BIT .

' None ' is the normal default.

' 7-BIT ' or ' 8-BIT ' are options for compressing data for faster transmission over a network.

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To close the Printer Configuration window :

"OK" saves the settings on this window so that they are applied the next time that you File > Print in the Drawing Editor .

"Cancel" closes this window without saving the changes you have made to it.

"Reset" undoes changes made to this window since you first opened it. The window remains open.

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