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Printing a Workspace

G2 can produce a print file that contains the image of a workspace. G2 only supports PostScript print files.

To print a workspace:

G2 produces a print file subject to the current settings in the installed Printer Setup system table described in Printer Setup.

Printing Multiple Pages

When the print output for a workspace extends across multiple pages, each printed page includes a page index, indicating which part of the whole print job is the current page.

For instance, if you are printing page 3 of 4 pages, the page index marker looks like this:


The page index shown here is for illustrative purposes only and is several times larger than what actually appears in the lower-left hand corner of the print output. The page index appears beyond the print area and does not affect the print image.

Generating Encapsulated PostScript Files

You can generate an encapsulated PostScript file for printing a workspace by setting the value of the Printing-file-format attribute of the installed Printer Setup system table to encapsulated postscript.

Since the encapsulated PostScript convention requires that an image take up only one page, choosing this file format causes G2 to scale the image of the workspace to fit onto a single sheet of paper.


Tip: An EPS print file contains both a graphics image and information about the height and width of that image. For this reason, you can import the image in an EPS print file into another document.

However, if you print a workspace whose image must span more than one physical page, based on the current settings in the Page-layout attribute, then G2 writes that file as a standard, not encapsulated, PostScript print file. The image contained in such a print file cannot, by definition, conform to the requirements for encapsulated PostScript.

Printing a Workspace on a Color PostScript Printer

For G2 to produce a PostScript print file that prints on a color PostScript printer, set the Color conversion detail to full-color in the Printing-details attribute of the installed Printer Setup system table. The next time you print a workspace, G2 creates a PostScript print file that contains the appropriate color information.


Note: The Image-palette attribute in the Color Parameters system table does not affect whether printed output appears in color, black-and-white, or gray-scale.

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