<p class="Paragraph"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="druckentext" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:help-text value="visible">Choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Print</span> to define various print options and start the print process.</help:help-text></help:to-be-embedded> The printing process of the current document can be controlled in the <span class="T1">Print</span> dialog and may vary according to the respective platform and printer in use.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This dialog provides information about all installed printers, as well as status information. You can also choose to print to a file.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head3">Name</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In this list box of installed printers, select the printer to use.</p>
<p class="Head3">Status</p>
<p class="Paragraph">A message displays whether the printer is operational and if it is the default printer.</p>
<p class="Head3">Type</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You will see in this text box the name of the printer driver.</p>
<p class="Head3">Location</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Displays the printer port.</p>
<p class="Head3">Commentary</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Displays any comment you or the printer manufacturer might have added to the printer.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">These buttons start the dialog used to set printer properties.</help:help-text> The printer driver prepares the dialog. For this reason, the dialog varies depending on the printer selected. Please read your printer documentation for details.</p>
<p class="Head3"><help:help-id value="SVTOOLS_CHECKBOX_DLG_SVT_PRNDLG_PRINTDLG_CBX_FILEPRINT" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Print to File</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Check this box if you want to print directly to a file.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this button to open the <span class="T1">Save As</span> dialog where you can select the folder or file name(s) you want to print to.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Select the pages of the document to be printed in this dialog. <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">If you have fixed a print range in <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Calc then only the selected range will be printed.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select this option to print all pages of the current document.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Only the pages specified in the text field will be printed.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-id value="SVTOOLS_EDIT_DLG_SVT_PRNDLG_PRINTDLG_EDT_PAGES" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">To print single pages, separate the page numbers with a semicolon (3; 8;10). To print all pages from 3 to 12, enter: 3-12. To print pages 3, 6 and 9 to 14, enter: 3; 6; 9-14. </help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Only selected areas or objects in the document will be printed.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">In this spin box, enter the number of copies to be printed.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Check this box to have each copy printed and sorted in full, i.e., print the first copy completely, then the second copy, etc.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="printing; cell error" tag="kw65764_5"/><help:key-word value="cell error; printing" tag="kw65764_4"/><help:key-word value="tables; printing failed" tag="kw65764_3"/>If some of the cells have not been printed, check whether you selected a <help:link Id="66871">Print range</help:link>. If you did, only the print range contents are printed.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="hide" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">After clicking on this button you will see the <span class="T1">Printer</span> <span class="T1">Options</span> dialog.</help:help-text><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">After clicking on this button you will see the <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><span class="T1">Printer</span> <span class="T1">Options</span> dialog. In terms of structure it corresponds to the <help:link Id="66280"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Text Document - Print</span></help:link><span class="T1"> register</span>. This is where you set which information you do not wish to print out, how notes are to be treated during printing, which input slot is to be used, etc.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">The Printer Options dialog settings are valid for the current document only.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">To apply individual settings in this dialog to other documents in general, define them as global defaults in <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><help:link Id="66280"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Text Document - Print</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">You reach the <span class="T1">Printer Options</span> dialog <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="CALC">through the <span class="T1">Options</span> button. <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>This dialog corresponds in structure to a page of the Options dialog that you can reach by choosing <help:link Id="66260"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Spreadsheet - Print</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="IMPRESS">Use the <span class="T1">Options</span> button to access the <span class="T1">Printer Options</span> dialog. The structure of this dialog is similar to the one under <help:link Id="66222"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Drawing - Print</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="DRAW">Click <span class="T1">Options</span> to access the <span class="T1">Printer Options</span> dialog. This dialog is similar to a register from the Options dialog (<help:link Id="66222"><span class="T1">Tools - Options - Drawing - Print</span></help:link>).</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="MATH">Click this button to open the <help:link Id="66227"><span class="T1">Printer Options</span></help:link>dialog. This dialog is similar to the <span class="T1">Settings</span> dialog under the <span class="T1">Tools - Options - Formula</span>. The settings defined in the latter dialog refer to all documents whereas, the <span class="T1">Printer Options</span> dialog lets you select settings for the current printout only.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="UNIX">Under UNIX, the special characters 128 - 160 in Windows will appear in the printout. This makes it possible to take a document created in <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> for Windows and possibly containing typographical characters, and print it on a PostScript printer under UNIX. Because the XServer does not recognize these special characters, it does not display them on screen; it only prints them. The FontMetric (character spacing) is exact for Monospaced fonts only; the spacing of other fonts is approximated.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="UNIX"><help:key-word value="spoolfiles; Xprinter" tag="kw65764_2"/>Through the environment variable STAR_SPOOL_DIR you can specify a directory where the spoolfiles of the Xprinter are saved under Unix. Example: </help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:switch select="System" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="UNIX">In the <help:link Id="68269">spadmin printer setup program</help:link> you can make these and further settings per dialog. Open the <span class="T1">Connect</span> dialog. The settings for the new queue can also be made as default.</help:case></help:switch></p>