Print Dialog

[Print Dialog Image]

Print Dialog:
Output optionmenu
The user can send the current page to one of two destinations: a printer or a postscript file.
Print Command entry / Filename entry
If the page is being sent to a printer, then this is the command used to print the page. The command must be able to read postscript as standard input. lpr should work fine in most cases.

If the page is being sent to a file, then the filename is set here.
Paper Size optionmenu
The user can set the size of the paper being printed on here. The available choices are:
Stamp Display
A miniature version of the page being printed is shown here. This helps the user visualize how the final drawing will appear on the paper.
Orientation optionmenu
One of "Portrait" or "Landscape" may be chosen here.
Color Mode optionmenu
This sets the color mode of the output image. One of "color", "Greyscale", or "Black and White" may be chosen here. Note: the current configuration will not allow color images to be sent to the printer.
Stretch To Fit checkbutton
Selecting this button will cause the image to be stretched to fill the entire page in either the X or Y direction. The current setup will not allow non-uniform stretching.
Posterize checkbutton and entries
Selecting this button will allow the user to create giant posters of the image. The entry areas should be filled in with the size, in complete paper pages, of the output image. When printed, the image will expanded to fill the desired number of pages.
Print button
Press this button to print the page
Refresh button
Pressing this button will cause the stamp image in the center of the print dialog to be refreshed. This will allow the user to make changes to the actual page before printing it.
Cancel button
Pressing this button will cause the print dialog box to close without printing the image.

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