Printing

To change printer settings, choose Printing from the left hand list of the General Setup menu. The printer configuration dialog is shown below.

Printer setup.

Print options

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Syntax highlight

Select this option to apply syntax highlighting to the printed text. Use Bold and Italic to highlight NC commands and comments.

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Use colors

Enables color printouts. This requires a color printer.

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Print headers

Prints headers on every page.

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Print footers

Prints footers on every page.

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Print header on first page

Select this option to print a header on the first page.

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Raw print

Produces simple text output to the printer. This is useful when printing large programs to matrix printers. When raw print is selected, the options Syntax highlight, Use colors and Print header on first page are disabled. The options Send form feed, Print on endless paper, Send form feed after last page and Paper height will be activated to setup the raw print.

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Send form feed

When this option is checked, a form feed character (FF) will be sent after reaching the Paper height counter, and the next line will be printed on the next page. No form feed character is needed after the last page, so the option Send form feed after last page will be grayed out.

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Print on "endless" paper

Check this field to print on endless paper. When this option is selected, no header and/or footer is printed.

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Send form feed after last page

If you check this option, a form feed character will be sent at the end of a raw print on continuous paper to indicate the last printed page.

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Left margin / Right margin

Specify the size of the margins in centimeters. If the margins are in inches add "in"

Example: To specify a one-inch margin, enter "1in".

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Paper width / Paper height

Specify the size of the paper in width and height of the paper in characters.

If for example in multi-column printing the font size is set to 11 points and the Paper Width is set to 35 (characters/line), a CNC program of 140 NC blocks will be printed legibly in two columns on an A4 page.

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Normal printer font

Click the icon to the right to select the font size and type for the printout.

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Multi column printer font

Click the icon to the right to select the font used when printing in 2 or more columns.

Header/Footer

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Use these fields to specify the contents of the header and footer. The following options are available: