Print Preview Mode
- Tom Wyczółkowski
- Maciej Zabielski
- Agnieszka Siemiatycka
Print Preview allows you to customize your printout and review the final layout before generating the document. This feature provides more control over the output compared to Quick Print.
Accessing Print Preview
Access Print Preview by clicking the Print button in the Viewer toolbar.
Print Preview Toolbar:
Advanced Print allows for selecting custom options for single print operation in a Print Preview Mode.
Print Preview Controls
Viewport and Scale Settings
Viewport: Select the print area by clicking directly in the preview window
Scale: Adjust the drawing scale through:
Predefined values in the dropdown menu
Manual entry
Zoom controls in the preview window
Format Options
Paper Format: Choose from available output sizes
Orientation: Select between Landscape or Portrait
Output Format: Choose between PDF (standard) or PNG (available only in Print Preview)
Printouts are created as PDF documents. This format will be applied to PDF page size. If you wish to print the PDF on a physical paper, please create the PDF printout with the corresponding paper size for best results.
Orientation
Select from Landscape or Portrait orientation.
Template
Template Selection
Choose between Blank template or predefined templates
Available templates are filtered based on selected paper format and orientation
New templates can be created by system administrators using the Template Editor
- Print: Generate output using current settingsngs
- Fill in Form Values: Access and complete form fields. Read more about Macros
- Spots: Highlight selected spots in the output
- Notes: Generate a notes reports. Read more about: Notes with text and images
- Help: Access printing help documentation
- Exit: Leave Print Preview modent
Working with preview window
In Print Preview pane scale and location of the drawing can be adjusted by mouse (pan and zoom) - that means: what you see in viewer is what you get on PDF printout.
If there are no Print Templates available for selected Orientation and Paper Size, a blank key word is displayed (greyed out). A blank template is prepared automatically based on selected parameters. A Single View port is added that matches the paper size, default margins are subtracted.
This situation will also happen for users that do not have any print template set assigned. Blank template will use paper size defined by Administrator in System Print Settings.
When printing from PDF file to paper, please set printer properties to "Actual Size" mode. In other case printout may not have proper scale.