Printing Guide
Printing Guide
Printing Guide

Using Print Specifications

Print specifications control the following aspects of printing:

Using print specifications you can set up a system for printing the drawings for a particular project. Once set up, you do not need to enter the drawing file to create a print of it. You can produce a print of one or more drawings via Batch Print.

Managing Print Specifications

Using the Batch Print Specification Manager dialog box, you can create, copy, rename, and delete print specifications.

Whenever you create, rename, copy, or edit a print specification, Batch Print automatically assigns it to the current job set.

Rename a Print specification

You can rename a print specification but you should be careful when doing this.

You should take into account that changing the name of a specification:

To rename a print specification
  1. In the Batch Print dialog box, click the Manage Specifications icon.
    or
    From the Batch Print dialog box´s Specifications menu, choose Manage.

    The Batch Print Specification Manager dialog box opens.

  2. In the Types list box, select the type of specification to rename.

  3. In the Specifications list box, select the specification to rename.

  4. Click the Rename button.
    The appropriate Rename Specification dialog box opens.

  5. In the Name field, key in the new name.

  6. Click OK.

Create a new print specification

For each specification Type, you can define multiple Specifications. For example, you may have a choice of printers that you can access. Also, you may have several page sizes that you use. You can create specifications to account for each combination that is required.
To create a new print specification
  1. In the Batch Print dialog box, click the Manage Specifications icon.
    or
    From the Batch Print dialog box´s Specifications menu, choose Manage.

    The Batch Print Specification Manager dialog box opens.

  2. In the Types list box, select the type of specification to create.

  3. Click the New button.
    The appropriate New Specification Name dialog box opens.

  4. In the Name field, key in the name for the new specification.

  5. Click OK.
    The appropriate Properties dialog box opens so you can define the new specification. See     Defining Print Specifications.

Copying a print specification

To create a new specification that is similar to that of one existing, you can copy the existing specification. Once copied, you can make any adjustments that you require.
To copy a print specification
  1. In the Batch Print dialog box, click the Manage Specifications icon.
    or
    From the Batch Print dialog box´s Specifications menu, choose Manage.

    The Batch Print Specification Manager dialog box opens.

  2. In the Types list box, select the type of specification to copy.

  3. In the Specifications list box, select the specification to copy.

  4. Click the Copy button.
    The appropriate New Specification Name dialog box opens.

  5. In the Name field, key in the new name.

  6. Click OK.
    The appropriate Properties dialog box opens so you can modify the copied specification. See     Defining print Specifications.

Deleting a print specification

Where a print specification is no longer wanted, you can delete it.

When deleting print specifications, you should be careful that other job sets have not referenced them. Once deleted, they will not be available for any other job sets that may have referenced them.
To delete a print specification
  1. In the Batch Print dialog box, click the Manage Specifications icon.
    or
    From the Batch Print dialog box´s Specifications menu, choose Manage.

    The Batch Print Specification Manager dialog box opens.

  2. In the Types list box, select the type of specification to delete.

  3. In the Specifications list box, select the specification to delete.

  4. Click Delete.