Controls how a document is printed.

Name

Specifies the printer you want to print to. You can select from a list of all the configured printers available for printing.

Properties

Opens the Document Properties dialog box for the currently selected printer.

Paper

Displays the paper size defined on the Document Properties dialog box.

Orientation

Displays the paper orientation defined on the Document Properties dialog box.

Status

Displays the current status of the selected printer. This area is read-only.

Type

Displays the type of printer currently selected. This area is read-only.

Where

Displays the printer path or location for the currently selected printer. This area is read-only.

Comment

Displays any comments you input during printer configuration. This area is read-only.

Print to file

Displays the Print To File dialog box.

Print what

Specifies the type of information you want to print.

Copies

Sets options for the number of copies you want to print.

Collate

Organizes sheets when you print multiple copies.  With this option enabled, if you print two copies of a 3-page document, then the sheets are organized 1,2,3,1,2,3; with this option disabled, the sheets would be organized 1,1,2,2,3,3.

Print all colors as black (does not apply to links or embedded files such as Excel)

Specifies that all Solid Edge graphics and text should be printed as black on a color printer. Foreign objects, such as Excel spreadsheets, that are linked or embedded use their own display characteristics when printed.

Include grid display on print

Prints the drawing grid on the sheet, when it is displayed in the draft document using the Show Grid command.

Print Range

Specifies which part of the document you want to print or plot. When printing from the 2D Model sheet or the Draw In View window, you can print only what's shown on the sheet or in the window.

All sheets

Prints all drawing sheets in the active document.

Current display

Prints the currently displayed portion of the active window.

Note:

To print at a 1:1 scale, this option must be cleared. Otherwise, the print area is set to the window size and not the actual sheet size.

Active sheet

Prints the active sheet.

Print area

Accesses the Print Area dialog box to allow you to specify an area of the sheet that you want to print.

Sheets

Specifies the range of pages that you want to print. You can enter the starting page you want to print as the "From" value and the ending page you want to print as the "To" value.

Preview

Displays the Preview Composite dialog box for you to verify the sheet layout of each page of the drawing.

Options

Displays the (Print) Options dialog box.