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- <Chapter 8: Print>
- If you want to print the currently loaded chart, you will need to use
- the PRINT command in the top menu. First make sure that your printer is
- ready to operate; then, invoke the PRINT command. You are then prompted to
- choose an printing orientation. There are two choices. PORTRAIT is the
- normal orientation, with the shorter edge of the page oriented
- horizontally, and the longer edge vertically. LANDSCAPE is the sideways
- orientation, with the shorter edge oriented vertically and the longer edge
- horizontally. See <[FIG14]>.
-
- Choosing the orientation starts the printing task. However, if the
- chart is too large to fit on a single page, another menu appears by which
- you can choose one of the output options for oversize charts: SHRINK,
- TRUNCATE, or MULTI-PAGE.
-
- Printing is performed in the background. You can continue working on
- the current chart, load another chart, or perform any ORCHIS operation
- while printing is in progress. However, only one print task can be
- scheduled at a time; the current print job must complete before another
- can be started.
-
- <Section 8.1: Portrait>
- Use the PORTRAIT command to select portrait orientation and start
- printing output.
-
- <Section 8.2: Landscape>
- Use the LANDSCAPE command to select landscape orientation and start
- printing output.
-
- <Section 8.3: Oversize Charts>
- If the chart image you want to print is too large to fit on a single
- page, a new menu is displayed after you choose the orientation. This menu
- offers four options for printing the oversize image.
-
- Note: the size of the chart image is determined by a combination of
- factors, the type sizes, line weights, chart geometry, and so forth. Often
- the overriding factor will be the default type sizes set in the
- DEFINE-FORM menu. In such a case, the size of the chart can be effectively
- controlled simply by changing these defaults.
-
- <Section 8.3.1: Shrink>
- The SHRINK command prints the oversize chart at a smaller size so
- that the entire image will fit on a single page. The orientation of the
- image and the ratio of its height and width are not altered.
-
- <Section 8.3.2: Multi-page>
- The MULTI-PAGE command uses as many pages as required to print the
- chart at its normal size. Pages are printed in the following order. First,
- the top row of pages is printed, beginning with the upper left corner of
- the image and proceeding to the right. Then, the second row is printed,
- then the third and so on.
-
- <Section 8.3.3: Truncate>
- The TRUNCATE command prints as much of the chart as will fit on a
- single page, and ignores the parts that will not fit. In effect, it prints
- the first page of a multi-page image, and then stops.
-
- <Section 8.3.4: Cancel>
- The CANCEL command kills the requested print of the oversize chart
- and returns to the top menu. Choose this option if you want to re-edit the
- chart, or change its properties or defaults before printing.
-