Controls how a document is printed.

Name

Specifies the printer you want to print to. You can select from a list of all the configured printers available for printing.

Properties

Accesses the Document Properties dialog box.

Status

Displays the current status of the selected printer. This area is read-only.

Type

Displays the type of printer currently selected. This area is read-only.

Where

Displays the printer path or location for the currently selected printer. This area is read-only.

Comment

Displays any comments you input during printer configuration. This area is read-only.

Print As Displayed

When this option is set, the document is printed in raster (bitmap) output format. When this option is cleared, the document is printed as wireframe output data.

Raster output format allows you to print features such as clipping planes and sketch images. The disadvantage to raster format is that large files consume more memory to print them. Also, raster images cannot be printed to PDF printers, and they cannot be scaled or edited in such applications as Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop.

Wireframe output format supports printing to a PDF printer. Wireframe format printing is faster, but it produces a less accurate representation of the display.

Note:

To print to a PDF printer, if one is installed on your system, clear the Print As Displayed option, and set the display mode to visible lines and hidden lines only. Turn off gradient backgrounds and any advanced rendering options.

BGR Order

Changes the default byte order from RGB to BGR to correct cases where shaded colored prints have the wrong colors.

Print To File

Accesses the Print To File dialog box.

Print What

Specifies the type of information you want to print.

Copies

Sets options for the number of copies you want to print.

Print All Colors as Black

Specifies that all elements should be printed as black on a color printer.

Print Range

Specifies which part of the document you want to print or plot.

Current Display

Prints all currently displayed contents of the active window.

Print Area

Specifies that the Print Area dialog box should be displayed to allow you to specify an area of the sheet that you want to print.

Settings

Display the (Print) Settings dialog box.