Printing View Content

The TerraLook Print Dialog is used to capture the contents of a view for printing. Note that an friendlier dialog is available to save the contents of a view to an image file, under the menu entry File->Save View as Image or using the tool on the iconbar.

Driver: In this release, the Windows Print Driver must be selected under the Driver option menu in order to print out the contents of the view using an installed Printer Device. Clicking on the 'Print' button leads to a dialog for selection of an installed printer. Paper size and other printer options (no. of copies etc) can be controlled using this dialog. Output will always be printed as large as possible given the selection of paper type.

Other driver options provided include::

  1. PostScript: This is the only driver that supports the Paper and Scale controls in order to control placement on a page. The Output Type: Greyscale option should produce Level 1 PostScript that will work on any PostScript printer.

  2. TIFF: Produces an RGB or Greyscale TIFF file. The resulting file is not georeferenced.

  3. PNG: Produces an RGB or Greyscale PNG file suitable for web publishing.

Device: Select whether the resulting output is spooled directly to the printer or saved to a file. This option is always File for PNG and TIFF, and always Spool To Printer for Windows Print Driver. PostScript may be spooled, or directed to a file.

File/Command: If the Device is File this is the name of a file to save the print to. If it is Spool to Printer this will be a command to be used to spool to the printer. The PostScript text will be directed to the standard input of the indicated command.

Output Type: Either Greyscale or Color to control the type of output produced.

Paper: (PostScript only) Select the paper size. This is used to establish size and positioning of the view.

Scale: (PostScript only) Modifies the scale at which the print is produced. A value of 0.5 would cause the view to be 50% the normal size, but still centered on the paper.

Resolution: The resolution at which the current view will be rendered for output. A value of 2.0 would cause the view to be internally rendered at double the resolution of the screen display for output.