Printing

The image in the active view window can be printed by selecting File=>Print or clicking on the Print button. The normal operating system Print dialog is then displayed.

Print output is controlled by settings in the Printing preferences, as shown in Figure 23.

Figure 23. GaussView Printing Preferences
This panel allows you to specify that printed images are always enlarged to match the printer resolution (subject to the maximum value in the Limit Enlargements to field) and/or that images always appear on a white background (vs. the background used in its view window).

The default print operation increases the image size to match the printer resolution, up to a maximum factor of 4, and prints the image on a white background. Note that the image always prints at its current size. If you need to enlarge an image, capture it to a file first (see the next subsection). Note that printed images are also affected by the Object Quality and Generic Pixel Format settings in the Image Capture preferences panel (discussed in a bit).