Previewing a drawing before printing

Viewing a drawing before printing gives you a preview of what your drawing will look like when it is printed. This helps you see if there are any changes you want to make before actually printing the drawing.

To preview a drawing before printing

If necessary, click the desired Layout tab or the Model tab.
Do one of the following:

Choose File > Print Preview.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Print Preview tool ().
Type ppreview and then press Enter.

After checking the preview image, do one of the following:

To print the drawing, click Print to display the Print dialog box.
To return to the drawing, click Close.

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Changing the magnification of your drawing

Printing or plotting your drawing

Specifying and saving print options

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Automatically scale the drawing for printing

Print a drawing

Specify a portion of the drawing to print

Specify the print area origin