40.1 Printing Sky Charts
RedShift 3 lets you print high quality sky charts along with other information in the
current sky view. RedShift prints the current view shown on your screen. In
general, you can print each object as an icon, vector graphics or bitmap image, the
same way as it is currently shown on screen. The only exception is the printing of
stars - they are always printed as magnitude dependent icons, as in many star
atlases.
Note that the best screen view is not necessarily the best for printing. Representing
objects as bitmap images (e.g. comets, constellations etc.) takes longer to print and
sometimes results in pixellation. RedShift 3 always prints black on white, so some
images are inverted. In the case of planets and moons, the print resolution is higher
than on screen, and colors are correct on color printer, so you can produce a better
image.
To print your current sky view choose Print from the File menu.
To preview what you will get on paper use Print Preview option in File menu.
To configure printing options use the Print setup dialog (File, Print Setup...).
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The Print Legend is always printed along with the sky chart. It contains information
about the current time, location, direction of view, active grid and field of view. It uses
the format of data currently present on panels. The legend also indicates how each of
main objects is currently represented, and its icon where applicable.
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40.2 Printing from reports, etc.
You can print the information from all the Events dialogs and from the Sky Diary.
Printing from these features is in a fixed format. To print, simply click the Print button
in the relevant dialog.
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40.3 Printing the screen
If you would like to print the Sky window exactly as it appears on screen, you can do
this with the help of most Paint packages. Set up the view that you wish to use, and
choose Copy sky window from the Edit menu (or press CTRL+C). The contents of
the sky window (without panels or other windows and dialogs) are copied to the
clipboard. Switch to you Paint package (or any package that can accept and image,
such as a word processor) and paste the image. Then print following the instructions
from your chosen package.
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To get the best resolution from a screen print, you could set you computer
screen resolution to the highest possible and re-start RedShift. Although the display
will be slower, the sky window bitmap will have a higher resolution.
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40.4 Printing Information documents
You can print the Dictionary, Photo Gallery, Record Breakers, Help manual and the
contents of Astronomy Tours. Click the Print button in the Information window, and
the currently displayed HTML page will print, using the current default printer.
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