5.1.6 Printing Graphics

Printing Graphics

You can print every image that is currently shown in the work window.

Before printing the image to the printer or clipboard, you should check the preview. Select Print Preview on the File menu to open a different window.

The preview shows the current view of the work window, the colour scale, and the legend.

Use the [Options] button to open a dialog box where you can control specific settings for printing. This dialog box can also be accessed by selecting Print Options on the File menu.

In the first tab, you can control the contents of the Print, the Page Orientation, and the Page Margins.

The second tab controls the settings of the Print Quality (resolution), Colors and Frame (texts and lines optionally in black for monochrome printers), Text Size (scaling factor if fonts are too small or too big), as well as of the Symbol Size and Line Width (scaling factor for graphical objects). In most cases, it is not necessary to change the default settings.

Please note that resolutions higher than 5000 x 5000 pixels together with a 32-bit colour depth may result in data exceeding 100 MB, which is a problem for some printer drivers.

In this tab, you can control the Orientation of the colour scale, the Drawing Options (frame, min-/max info) and its Size as well as its Position (inside or outside of image, alignment, font).

In the final tab, you can activate up to four Legend Rows and allocate texts. The project information and picture description are set by default. You can select different content from the list or insert user-defined text, if necessary.

To review the modified settings, click [Apply]. If the Print Options are fine, close the dialog box. Then use the [Print] button in the toolbar of the preview window to start printing.

To start the printing process, select Print on the File menu or use the button in the toolbar.

The Windows Print dialog box is opened.

Select the Printer and define the Properties, if necessary. [OK] starts the print.