Printing a document

Use Schedule—Print to control how iServer prints the output document after generating it. If you want to print the document, either by sending it to an iServer printer or printing it to a file on the server, you must first select Print the output document on the server. This setting enables the other options on Print. In Override default settings, accept the default values, or choose to override the default settings for any of the print options.

Figure 5-29 shows Schedule—Print as it appears when choosing to print a BIRT document. The print format: Postscript section contains a number of options, including Page Range, Page Style, and Chart DPI. When choosing to print Actuate Report Executable (.rox) output, an option with which to select a page range appears in place of Print format: Postscript, as shown in Figure 5-30.

Figure 5-29  Selecting options on Schedule—Print for printing a BIRT document

Figure 5-30  The bottom of Schedule—Print when printing the output of a ROX

Table 5-7 lists the various print options on Schedule—Print.

Table 5-7  Schedule—Print properties

Property	Description
Print the output document on the server	Prints the output document.
Printer	Selects a printer. The initial value is the user’s default printer.
Manufacturer Model Description Location	The following read-only text about the printer, if available: n   The manufacturer’s name n   The printer model name n   A description of the printer n   The location of the printer
Print to file	Creates a PostScript (.ps) file. Provide a file name.
Scale	The scale at which to print the output, expressed as a percentage.
Resolution	Resolutions at which to print the output, if supported.
Mode	Black-and-white or color.
Number of copies Collate	The number of copies to print, and whether to collate the copies.
Duplex	Single-sided or double-sided, and specifies whether double-sided printing is top-to-top or side-to-side.
Page size	Pick from an extensive list of standard paper sizes.
Paper tray	Specify the paper source.
Page range (BIRT design or document only)	Selects all pages or selected pages by number or by range, or both.
Page style (BIRT design or document only)	Sets the size to either the actual size, fit to page width, or fit to whole page.
BIDI processing (BIRT design or document only)	Selected suppresses bi-directional processing of data.
Text wrapping (BIRT design or document only)	Selected wraps text. Deselected displays on one continuous line.
Font substitution (BIRT design or document only)	Selected substitutes fonts on the user’s computer in lieu of the fonts specified by the design designer. Deselected prevents font substitution.
Chart DPI (BIRT design or document only)	Selects dots per inch, which determines the resolution of images and print in the document
Print (ROX only)	Specify to print all pages, or alternatively, specific pages, a range of pages, or both.

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