Printing in the Graphics Editor
You can print your documents (symbols, graphics, templates, etc.) from the Graphics Editor. There are several views and panes that allow you to select what to print, how to format the printed copy and to preview the document before sending it to the printer.
Printing options are accessible from the File menu or the Home tab.
You can print a document from the following locations:
- File menu
- Home tab
- Page Setup view
- Print Preview pane
Page Setup View
The Page Setup view allows you to select what or which documents to print, and provides filters to help you select the specific type of documents to locate and print. As you make your selection on the Page Setup view, a sample graphic instantly updates in the view to display how the selection will affects the printed document. To view your actual document with the applied settings, click the Preview button at any time to view how the selections affect your document.
From the Page Setup view you can specify the following print settings:
- The Zoom ratio of how the images will display on the printer paper.
- How many sheets to Fit to Page; you can have more than one page printed on a sheet.
- The Paper Format to set paper type and page orientation, and set the Margins according to inches, millimeters, or pixels.
- How the Content of the graphic prints, such as color or grayscale, or you can enable an ink saving options, such as printing without the background or to print the wireframe only. Additionally, you can specify whether or not to print the bounding rectangles and the grid and guidelines, if enabled in the original document.
- How the Header and Footer should be customized by choosing from a list of existing keywords or selecting images from the Image Library. As you add items to the header and footer fields, a preview of your selections display below the customizable fields, showing the actual text used.
- The font type, size, and color for the header and footer.
- You can select to use the Graphics Editor default settings or import an existing print settings file (.xml). A print setting or Page Setup file is created when you make your Page Setup selections on then click the Export button to save them as a page setup file (.xml).
Preview Pane
The Preview pane allows you to view your document before sending it to the printer. You can adjust the viewing size of the printed document, by increasing or decreasing the zoom or selecting one of four viewing options: 100%, Page Width, Whole Page, and Two Pages. Additionally, you can highlight and copy text from the header or footer areas to use elsewhere. You can also right-click the displayed document in the Preview pane to access the menu with the viewing options.
Image Library
The Image Library pane, lists the available images for inserting into your printed document’s header or footer. You can also add or delete images from the library. The Image Library is accessible via the Page Setup view in the Header and Footer section.
