Controls how a drawing is printed. This dialog opens when you select File > Print.
Printer
Name
Specifies the printer that you want to use. You can select from a list of all the available configured printers. The information below the Name box applies to the selected printer. The printer that you select in the Name box is the default printer for the rest of the current design session until you specify a different printer.
Properties
Opens the Printer Document Properties dialog, which allows you to specify page setup and other printer settings specific to the selected printer.
Status
Describes the state of the selected printer, for example, busy or idle. This area is read-only.
Types
Displays the type of printer currently selected. This area is read-only.
Where
Identifies the printer path, printer port, queue name, or physical location of the currently selected printer. This area is read-only.
Print filter
Filters the selected drawings that are to be printed according to the specified criteria. If none of the check boxes in this section are selected, all selected drawings are printed.
Typicals only
Prints only the typical items as they appear in the typical view.
Apply display set
Associates symbols to a display set filter that defines which symbols to print. If not selected, then no filtering is applied to the drawing and the entire drawing prints. Because single and multiple drawings can be printed with the display set applied and the legend selected, following is the print criteria defined for each case:
Number of drawings selected for print |
Display set applied? |
Display of legend selected? |
'Print all selected drawings in a single document' selected? |
Documents printed |
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Single |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Two documents - one with the drawing and the other with the legend. |
Multiple |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
One document for each drawing and one for the legend. Example: If you print four drawings, five documents will be printed, one each for each drawing and one for the legend. |
Multiple |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Single document including all the drawings with the legend on the last sheet. Example: If you print four drawings, all the drawings will be printed in a single document with the legend on the last sheet. |
When specifying line widths for display sets, you can set label graphics and leader lines to appear in the default width of the labels regardless of the line width value specified for model items. This option is specified by using a key 'IgnoreDisplaySetWidthOnLabels' under the 'Options' section of the Smart P&ID.ini file (located in the users\<username> folder) as shown:
[options]
WaterMarkWhileWorking=True
WaterMarkWhilePrinting=True
undosteps=0
autogapping=False
ConsistencyChecks=True
.
.
.
IgnoreDisplaySetWidthOnLabels=1
The following table shows how the values assigned in the SmartPlantPID.ini file affect the output.
Key Value |
Resultant Behavior when Applying Display Set |
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IgnoreDisplaySetWidthOnLabels=1 |
Label line widths are independent of model item line widths; label line widths are set to default value for labels. Label line widths are independent of model item line widths; line widths of label graphics and leader lines are set to the default value for labels. |
IgnoreDisplaySetWidthOnLabels=0 |
Label line widths, including graphics and leader lines, are the same as the model item line widths. |
No key |
Label line widths, including graphics and leader lines, are the same as the model item line widths. |
Active display set
Displays the selected display set. You can select Browse to select a defined display set.
Print all selected drawings
This option is only available when either or both check boxes - Typicals only and Apply display set - are selected. When the Print all selected drawings check box is cleared, those drawings that do not contain filtered items as a result of applying these filters are excluded from the print output. Selecting the check box results in the printing of all selected drawings, including drawings that do not contain such filtered items.
Options
Fit to page
Prints your entire drawing on one page. This option is selected by default.
Print black and white
Prints the drawing in black and white. This option is selected by default.
Print claim status
Allows for the printed copy to include the status of claims. This check box is only enabled if you are in a Project.
Print watermark
Prints a faint graphic in the drawing background.
Print inconsistency markers
Causes inconsistency markers in the graphic to appear on the printed copy.
Print all selected drawings in single document
Prints all the selected drawings in a single document. If the Legend Box check box is selected in Apply Display Set dialog, then the legend for all the selected drawings is also printed on the last page of the printed document. For more information, refer to Display Set Legend.
This option appears only when multiple drawings are selected for printing.
Settings
Opens the Settings dialog, which allows you to view and edit the scale and origin of your print area.
Preview
Allows you to see how the image will look when printed. The image displays on your monitor.
Schedule
Opens the Schedule Task Wizard, which allows you to specify options for printing the selected drawings at a later time or on a regular interval. For details, see Scheduling Tasks.
This option is disabled if 'Print to PDF' or a converter option (such as Amyuni) is selected in the Name box.