Overview

Batch Print is a utility for printing and reprinting related sets of models in reusable ways. Print specifications are the mechanism for describing these reusable ways. Job sets are used to identify, save, recall and print related sets of models.

Each job set prints at a selected scale, so it is important to consider this when setting up your drawings in the first place. If all related drawings can be printed at one scale, Batch Print can create a full set of drawings in one step. A simple method for setting up your drawings to do this is described in Using a 1:1 scale border.

Print specifications

A print specification is a named group of instructions describing how to perform a certain step in the printing process. A given specification does not encompass the entire printing process — just a particular step in it.

Print Specification Types

Batch Print supports four specification types corresponding to four printing process steps:

Specification Type	Description
Printer	Describes the target printer, paper size and post-processing options. See Printer Specifications.
Print Area	Selects the portion or portions of the design file to print. A print area specification essentially describes a view or the equivalent of one or more fences in a view. See Print Area specifications.
Layout	Places a representation of the given print area on the paper at the specified size and position. See Layout specifications.
Display	Identifies a pen table and/or controls view attributes (for example, to turn text nodes and construction lines off) and print options (displays fence boundary and print border). See Display specifications.