Page setup

Launches the Print Setup dialog box for setting the print parameters of the active DWG file or SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic file.

Printer

Name: Select the printer you want to use. Click the Properties button if you want to access to the Windows printer parameters.

State: Displays the state of the printer selected.

Type: Displays the printer type (this information comes from the printer parameters).

Placement: Displays the port in which the printer is connected.

Comment: Displays the comment associated to the printer (this information comes from the printer parameters).

Paper

Size: In the list, select the pre-defined paper format managed by the printer.

Source: In the list, select the paper source to use.

Inches/mm: Select the unit used to manage the print job.

Print area: Displays the dimensions of the print area in the units selected.

Plot offset

Center plot: Check the box to center the print on the page.

X: Enter the horizontal offset value.

Y: Enter the vertical offset value.

Page orientation

Portrait/Landscape: Select the page orientation.

Plot with vertical symmetry: Check the box if you want to print the graphical entities with symmetry.

Plot scale

In the list, select a pre-defined scale ratio or enter a specific ratio (Unit printed = Drawing unit).

When you select a predefined ratio, two fields display the printed and drawing units. The setting Fit to format scales the graphical entities to fit into the selected paper size.

Plot area

Defines the drawing or file area to print.

All geometry: Area defined by the bounding box of all visible entities.

Drawing boundary: Area defined by the grid zone in drawing parameters.

Current view: Area visible on the screen or the current view when drawing is saved.

Plot style table

Each screen color used on the graphical entities corresponds to a color and a thickness on the paper. If you do not use a Plot style table, the screen colors and line thickness will be the same on the paper.

You can define a personal correspondence using plot style tables.

In the list, select the plot style table you want to use.

You can edit the plot style table selected by clicking Modify plot style table file. A dialog box opens in which you can associate each screen color with a printed color and thickness.

In the plot style table list, if you select None, you can check the box Plot with line thickness, where the colors and line thicknesses will be the same on the screen and on the paper.

Network: Allows you to access a network printer.

Preview: Displays the graphical entities as they appear after being printed on the page.