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Print a Graphic to a Printer

OCCURRENCE

ARB_NT/Tree/Print Tree ARB_SECEDIT/File/Print structure

 

DESCRIPTION

Multi Page Printer

Clip at Screen: Show only those graphics that are
                drawn at the ARB_NT main window

Show Handles:   Show/Hide root and mark symbols

Graphic Size:   X * Y size of Graphic in inches.
                When you change the tree while this window
                stays open
                ( eg. zoom in/out ...) press
                <Get Graphic Size> to update graphic size

Magnification:  guess what

Paper Size:     X * Y inches
  • Popular paper sizes in portrait mode (in inch):

    A4           8.27 * 11.69
    A3          11.69 * 16.54
    Letter       8    * 11.5

  • You have to specify the size w/o the border used on your system. For A4 7.5*10.5 is a value working for us - use preview to figure out values fitting your configuration.

Orientation:    Landscape or Portrait mode

Pages:          X * Y Number of resulting pages
                0.7 2.3 means 1*3 == 3 pages
                If you modify the X/Y page field,
                magnification will be adjusted to fit
                the graphic into the number of pages.

Fit to pages:   Tests how to fit the printout best onto a given number of pages
                (sets 'Orientation' and 'Magnification')

Destination:    Printer: Use print command to print
                File: Use File Name as destination file name
                Preview: Print to file and show using gv (ghostview)

Overlap:        If checked, the printed pages will "slightly" overlap.

Note: ARB cannot influence the size of the overlap-region (this
      seems to be hardcoded in fig2dev), so you may have to
      change the default to the size used on your system.

 

NOTES

The default printer used by ARB can be defined by setting the environment variable PRINTER to your printer name.

To change the proportion between font- and graphic-size you have to change the physical zoom factor (of the radial tree/secondary structure).

 

EXAMPLES

Print a long list tree:

  1. Select tree style in ARB_NT main window
  2. Select File/Print tree
  3. Select Destination 'Printer'
  4. Press PRINT button

 

WARNINGS

Printing cannot be stopped

 

BUGS

None