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Applicability:

Cadcorp SIS Map Modeller
Cadcorp SIS Map Editor
Cadcorp SIS Map Manager
Cadcorp SIS Map Express

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Description:

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl +P

Print prints the view in the current window to the selected printer, whether it is a map window, a table window or a 3D window. This command prints exactly what appears on the screen.

If you are printing a Map Window you will be presented with a dialog which makes sure that your print will fit onto the available paper, by asking you to choose between cropping or stretching.

An alternative to using this command is to print onto a print template in order to include associated information such as notes, a grid, a north point, etc. See What is a Print Template.

Forcing monochrome or colour printing:

If you want to force monochrome or colour printing, use the Printer Colour Capabilities options on the Drawing and Printing tab of the Options dialog:

If required, use Print Preview to see what the print will look like.

Printing:

Select Print.

A Windows Print dialog is displayed, where you have options to select a different printer (if installed), set the number of copies, print quality, etc.

When you have finished setting the print parameters click OK.

The Print size at 1:nnnn scale dialog is displayed:

The title bar shows the map scale of the current window.

This dialog shows the Paper size (width and height) and the View size (width and height). The Paper size is the size of the paper chosen in the Print Setup. The View size is the size of either the SWD window or the print template.

If the Paper size (width and height) is not the same (approximately - it should not be exactly the same) as the View size (width and height), it is likely that the paper chosen is not the same size or orientation as the SWD or print template. (The Paper size should be slightly larger than the View size.) If you want to change any of the above, or the scale of the print, do one of the following.

Fit the view to the paper - Click the Fit button to scale the view up or down so that the selected graphics fill the available paper size. Only choose this option if scale is not important.
Crop the view - tick the Crop checkbox, to maintain the desired scale (map scale). However, only that part of the view is printed which fits on the paper (the centre of the view being centered on the paper).
Press Cancel. This allows you to go back to Print Setup. There, you can choose a different size or orientation of paper, or change the scale of the map.
Choose a different scale for the print. Print scale can be worked out by dividing map scale by the Stretch by factor. Input a Stretch by factor to give you the scale you want.

For example, if the area you had chosen was too large to print at 1:1250 you could set a Stretch factor of 0.625, to give a print scale of 1:2000 (the map scale of 1:1250 divided by 0.625 is 2000). At 1:2000 the view fits the paper.

When you have decided how to fit the map view on the paper, click on OK.

If your Paper size does not match the View size (you will see the error message “View is bigger than available paper”), check that the orientation of the paper and the orientation of the print template used match.

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