Printing

This section contains the following information about understanding Printing:

About Printing

When Printing

How to Choose the Printer

How to Modify the Page Setup.

How to Modify the Print Options

How to Preview the Page to be Printed

How to Modify Printer Properties

How to Launch the Print

The printing feature provides you with the capability of printing documents with multiple graphic options. You can customize the printed output depending upon the presentation requirements.

You have several print set-up options prior to printing a document. The printer selection, print scale, and document position on the sheet are accessible in the set-up.

There are several page set-up options:

• paper size

• margins

• orientation

• preview

The user also has several printing options:

• color

• print quality

• line thickness - available on HPGL driver / printer only

Note: The buttons in this documentation are presented only to facilitate the communication of how to execute the given functionality. All buttons and icons in the user interface will be defined by you. 

You can choose a printer by following the steps below:

1. Click the Print button. The Print dialog box appears.

 The Image Size is presented for information only.

2. To choose a printer, click the Printer Name selection button and choose a printer from the proposed list.

3. To modify the Scale, click either the No Fitting option, the Fit in Page  option or the Fit To option (fit to percentage of the page). If you choose the Fit To option, enter the desired percentage of the page in the Fit To text-entry field.

4. To modify the Position, enter the desired left offset in the Left text-entry field and the desired bottom offset in the Bottom text-entry field.

5. To modify the Rotation, click the Rotation selection button and choose one of the values from the proposed list (Rotation: 0, Rotation 90, Rotation 180 or  Rotation 270).

You can modify the page setup by following the steps below:

1. Click the Page Setup button from the Print dialog box. The Page Setup dialog box appears.
   
   

2. To modify the Paper Size, enter the desired width in the Width text-entry field and the desired height in the Height text-entry field.

3. To modify the Margins, enter the desired Left, Right, Top and Bottom offsets in the corresponding text-entry fields.

4. Click OK to validate.

You can modify the print options by following the steps below:

1. Click the Options button from the Print dialog box. The Options dialog box appears.
   
   
    

2. To modify the Color, choose one of the options (True Color, Grayscale, Monochrome) by clicking the corresponding option button.

3. To modify the Rendering Quality, click the Rendering Quality selection button and choose one of the values from the proposed list (Low, Medium, High).

4. Click OK to validate.

You can preview the page by following the steps below:

1. To preview the page to be printed, click the Preview button from the Print dialog box. The Print Preview dialog box appears.
   
   

2. To reframe the image, click the Fit All In  button.

3. To print the image, click the Print   button (note: modifications to the image that you make in the preview page will not be taken into account).

4. Click Close to close the dialog box.

You can modify printer properties by following the steps below:

1. To preview the printer properties of the page to be printed, click the Properties button from the Print dialog box.
   The Properties dialog box appears.

    

2. To select a driver for your printer, click the Driver selection button and choose a driver from the proposed list. The list varies with your operating system, please see your system administrator to define which printers require which drivers.

Note: The DesignJet 4000 Series printers are available for generating HPGL2 files.

3. To change the paper format, click on the Default selection button and the Maximum selection buttons to select the paper sizes available. 

4. You can modify the document orientation by clicking either the Portrait or Landscape action buttons.

5. You can change the margins of the document by clicking the Default Margins button. The Default Margins dialog box appears.

    

1. To change the margin settings, enter the desired margin in each of the text-entry fields. The settings are in millimeters (mm).

2. Click OK to validate or Cancel to discard changes.

6. In the Submission Scripts group box, you can set the desired options activated when the print job is submitted.

   This group box lets you specify:

   • the default output file name: each time you print a document, an output file is created at the location you specify in the text field

   • the default queue name: this field lets you choose which print queue to send the print job to. 

7. The Custom options let you specify the location of your own submission scripts. Clicking these buttons activates the Edit Script... action buttons to let you modify the script in the Runtime Script window.

   1. To change the Declaration script default, click on the Default option button. The Output File Name text-entry field will be accessible.

   2. Enter your script specifications. Please see your system administrator for script specifications.

   3. Click the Custom option button to customize your script. The Edit Script... action button becomes available.

   4. Click the Edit Script... action button. The Runtime Script dialog box will appear.

       

1. Enter your script specifications. Please see your system administrator for script specifications.

2. Click OK to validate or Cancel to discard changes.

5. To change the Execution script default, click on the Default option button. The Output File Name text-entry field will be accessible.

6. Enter your script specifications. Please see your system administrator for script specifications.

7. Click the Custom option button to customize your script. The Edit Script... action button becomes available.

8. Click the Edit Script... action button. The Submission Script dialog box will appear.

    

    

1. Enter your script specifications. Please see your system administrator for script specifications.

2. Click OK to validate or Cancel to discard changes.

8. To access the advanced configurations, click on the Advanced Configuration button. The Advanced Configuration dialog box appears.

    

1. To enable or disable the paper cutter, click the Enable Cutter action button.

2. To select a media type, click the Media Type selection button.

3. To adjust the quality level of the print, adjust the slider to your preference. The quality level ranges from 0-100, 100 being the best quality level.

4. To restrict the HPGL, click the Restrict to HPGL action button. The HPGL Configuration button becomes active.

    

5. Click on the HPGL Configuration button. The HPGL Configuration dialog box appears with the Pens information being listed.

    

6. To change a pen line width or color, select a pen from the list.

   1. You can change the color by clicking the Color selection button and choosing a color that is available.

   2. You can change the pen line width by using the increment/decrement buttons.

   3. Click the Reset button to accept the changes.

7. To enable or disable a pen you can click on the Enable action button.

8. Click OK to validate or Cancel to discard changes.

Note: Line Thickness

Changing model line thickness can be accomplished, based upon the HPGL pen definitions, color, and thickness.

To accommodate various model line thicknesses a HPGL printer must be created and selected.

For creation of the HPGL printer, refer to Graphics Format > Customizing > Users Guide > Catia Infrastructure.

9. Click on the Options tab for additional pen options. The Options dialog box appears.

    

1. You can change the beginning origin of the pen. Click the Origin selection button and select a location from the listing.

2. You can also activate the Relative Move Pen option if you want the pen to move relative to current coordinates.

3. Printing thickness can be accommodated by clicking the Model Thickness action button or Pen Width action button.

• Model Thickness - The line thickness will be defined by the model construction.

• Pen Width - The line thickness are defined by the pen line widths in the HPGL Configuration.

4. Click OK to validate or Cancel to discard changes.

9. Click OK to validate or Cancel to discard changes.

Various document customization options are available depending on the printers available. Options include: page size, document orientation, and graphics quality.

For more information on print properties, see the documentation of your operating system and printer vendor.

To print the document with the defined settings, click OK from the Print dialog box.