Window : Print Window

Print Window to Output File

The purpose of this dialog is to allow the saving of the drawing of one of the spectrum windows to a file, in one of the following formats: PostScript (PS), Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) or Portable Document Format (PDF).

The one window that is being printed out is specified at the top. There are four tabs. The first one, Options, is the most important. In particular, it is used to specify the File name. At its simplest to print out a window you just need to specify the File name, and then click “Save Print File”. But it is likely you will at the very least want to change some of the settings in the Options tab.

You can specify a Title and a label for the X axis and/or Y axis.

This tab is also used to specify the Paper size (default A4), the Orientation of the paper (default Portrait), whether the printout is Color or Black and white (the Style, default Color), and what the Format is (PS, EPS or PDF, default PS).

The ticks for the rulers can be chosen to be Inside or Outside the main frame and can be in any combination of the Top, Bottom, Left or Right side of the main frame. The Tick Font includes the option of not printing the tick labels at all. The Tick spacing between the major and minor ticks can be set automatically (so the program determines it) or manually. For the latter the user has to specify the Major and Minor spacings in terms of the unit of the display (normally ppm), and also the number of decimal places for the Tick labels.

How the main frame fits into the paper is determined by the Scaling option. The Percentage option just means that the main frame is scaled by that amount relative to the biggest size it could be and still fit on the paper. The remaining options are if you want to specify the cms or inches per unit (normally ppm), or the inverse of these. In this case it could be the case that the main frame actually exceeds the size of the paper.

You can also include the Time and Date and/or the File Name in the printout, and you can specify the font used for this. The same font is used for the Title and X and Y axis labels, except that the Title font is 6 pts bigger.

Finally, you can also set the linewidth, in points (the default is 0.1).

The other three tabs provide fine tuning of what is output. In many cases they can be ignored.

The Spectra tab lets you choose settings for which of the window’s spectra are drawn, in terms of both the positive and negative contours. This is independent of what is actually drawn on the screen. But you need to check the “Use below settings when printing” checkbutton if you want the values specified here to be used rather than the screen settings. The values in the table are initially set to be the screen values but afterwards can only be changed manually. Clicking on the “Reset Selected” button changes the values in the table to the current screen ones.

The Peak Lists tab is similar, except it applies to the peak lists in the window rather than the spectra. Again, if you want the values in the table to be used then you need to check the “Use below settings when printing” checkbutton.

The Region tab is for specifying the region for the x, y and orthogonal axes, if you do not want to use the regions as seen in the window on the screen. Again, you have to check “Use override region when printing” checkbutton to actually have the values in the table be used in the printout. By default, the override region is set to the current window region if it is not set already, otherwise it is left to the previous value unless you click the “Set Region from Window” or the “Set Width from Window” or the “Set Center from Window” buttons. And the override region can be specified either using the min and max values of the region, or the center and width.

Main Panel

pulldown Window: The window that will be printed out

button Save Print File: Save the printout to the specified file

button Clone: Clone popup window

button Help: Show popup help document

button Close: Close popup

Options

Optional settings for spectra

button File: Select location to save print file

entry File entry: Location where file is saved on disk

entry Title: Title of the printout, displayed at top

entry X axis label: X axis label for the printout

entry Y axis label: Y axis label for the printout

pulldown Paper size: The paper size for the printout

pulldown Orientation: Whether the paper should be set in Portrait or Landscape mode

pulldown Style: Whether the printout should be in colour or black and white

pulldown Format: Whether to save as PS, EPS or PDF

pulldown Tick Location: Whether the tick marks appear on the inside or outside of the frame

check check Tick Placement: Whether the tick marks appear on the top and/or bottom and/or left and/or right

Tick Font: The font used for the tick mark labels

pulldown Tick Spacing: Whether the program should automatically calculate the major/minor tick spacings and how many decimal places are used for the ticks, or whether the these are specified manually

pulldown Tick Length: Whether the program should automatically calculate the major/minor tick lengths, or whether the these are specified manually

pulldown Scaling: Whether the plot should be scaled as a percentage of the maximum size that would fit on the paper, or instead should be specified by the number of cms or inches per unit

Scale: None: The percentage of the maximum size that would fit on the paper that the plot is scaled by

check Time and Date: Whether the time and date should be included in the printout

check File Name: Whether the file name should be included in the printout

Using Font: The font used for the border texts

float 0.1: Line width for drawing

Spectra

Optional settings for peak lists

check Use below settings when printing: Use below settings when printing instead of the window values

button Reset Selected: Change the settings of the selected spectra back to their window values

Table 1
Spectrum Spectrum in window
Pos. Contours Drawn Whether the positive contours should be drawn (Editable)
Neg. Contours Drawn Whether the negative contours should be drawn (Editable)

Peak Lists

Optional settings for the region

check Use below settings when printing: Use below settings when printing instead of the window values

button Reset Selected: Change the settings of the selected peak lists back to their window values

Table 2
Peak List Documentation missing
Symbols Drawn Documentation missing (Editable)
Peak Font Documentation missing (Editable)

Region

Documentation missing

check Use override region when printing: Use the specified override region when printing rather than the window values

radio Use Min and Max: Use min and max to specify override region

radio Use Center and Width: Use center and width to specify override region

button Set Region from Window: Set the override region to be the current window region

button Set Center from Window: Set the center of the override region to be the center of the current window region

button Set Width from Window: Set the width of the override region to be the width of the current window region

Table 3
Axis Documentation missing
Region Number Documentation missing
Override Region Min (ppm) Documentation missing (Editable)
Override Region Max (ppm) Documentation missing (Editable)

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