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Selecting and setting up a printing device |
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KOMPAS-3D allows to print documents using any external device supported by the operating system.
The term "connected" or "available" refers to a plotter or printer listed among the available devices.
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For details on how to connect a printer or plotter to your system, see the Windows OS documentation and the manuals of your output device. |
To select a plotter or printer and configure its settings, do the following.
1.In the document print settings or special print settings dialog box, select the desired device name from the Print Device list.
2.Set the paper size and orientation. You can select the paper size in the list of available formats supported by the printer or plotter.
3.Select the paper feed method.
4.If you need to configure the printer settings, click the Properties... 
button to open the device driver's system dialog box. After making all the necessary settings in the system dialog box, click OK.
Please note that the selected device will be used by default to print all documents during the current session of KOMPAS-3D.
If you want to save the selected device and its settings for further KOMPAS-3D sessions, use one of the following methods:
•configure the plotter/printer settings using the Windows Control Panel (note that this device and its settings will also be used for printing in other Windows applications),
•use the printing device configurations; using configurations, you can also apply different devices and print settings for different types of documents.
