Page Setup
Allows you to change printer settings.
You must have
a SolidWorks document open to set printer settings.
To change printer settings:
Click File,
Page Setup.
In the dialog box, select from the options described
below, then click OK.
Printer Settings
Use system settings.
Prints the document with Windows print settings, and allows you to change
these settings as needed.
Use this document's
settings. Overrides system print settings with the print settings
saved in the current document, and applies any changes to these settings
in the current document only. System print settings remain unchanged.
Set each drawing
sheet individually. Specify the settings for each sheet in the
drawing by selecting a drawing sheet in Settings
for.
In subsequent files that
you print, the SolidWorks software remembers the last setting you selected.
Resolution and Scale
Not available
for drawing sheets in DXF/DWG native format.
Set the scale for the printed document.
Same
as window (parts and assemblies only). Prints the current view
of the graphics area.
Scale
to fit (drawings only). Prints
the drawing sheet to fit the paper size.
Scale.
Prints the document at a scaled value (in percent) that you specify.
High
Quality (drawings only). The SolidWorks software determines the
optimum resolution for the printer and paper size combination, generates
the raster output and prints it accordingly.
When you select High
Quality, click File, Print, Properties
to set any advanced properties for the selected printer. If there are
options for improved raster output, select them to get the highest quality
printed output.
Paper
Drawing Color
Not available
for drawing sheets in DXF/DWG native format.
Automatic.
Sends color information if the printer or plotter driver reports that
it is capable of printing color. Otherwise, the SolidWorks software sends
black and white information.
Color / Gray
scale. Sends color data to the printer or plotter regardless of
the capabilities that the printer or plotter driver reports. Black and
white printers generally print colored entities in gray scale or dithered
with this option. Use this option where a color printer or plotter prints
in black and white with the Automatic
setting.
Black and white.
Sends all entities to the printer or plotter in black and white regardless
of the printer or plotter color capabilities.
Orientation