Topic: DMD0284
Print All
Note: it is highly recommended that you use Print Preview to view the potential output BEFORE sending the output to a printer, because the size of the program and the options selected can generate an enormous print output.
The Print All dialog is used to generate a hard copy of the contents of a Do-more Designer project, including the user documentation, cross reference data, and the ladder logic in the code-blocks. The Print All dialog is opened selecting the File -> Print All menu selection of the Offline toolbar.
The Select Items to Print displays a list of the code-blocks in the project that will be printed. The code-blocks are listed in execution order. By default All of the documented program elements, all of the code-blocks, and all of the cross reference data will be included in the print operation.
To exclude any of this information from the printout, click the checkbox to the left of the Docs, XRef, or Program / Task item in the tree view. To change the what is included or excluded within any of the three sections, click on that section in the tree view (or click on the Docs, XRef or Ladder tab), this will display the section-specific ranges of information that can be printed.
The Documentation Settings tab defines which ranges of program elements to have their user documentation included in the printout.
The Elements section selects which memory blocks, heap items, and structures, that have been given Element Documentation (Nickname / Extra Info / Description) to include in the print. The default configuration will include all ranges, all heap items, and all user-defined and system-defined structures. Use the Set All and Clear All buttons to include all of the potential Elements or include none of the Elements respectively.
The Sort by group selects how the Elements in the Print will be sorted:
Element will generate the print sorted alphabetically by Element.
Nickname will generate the print sorted alphabetically by Nickname.
Data-block # / ID will generate the print sorted by Block number or Heap ID number.
The Miscellaneous group contains the Number of Columns ( 2 - 6 ) to appear on each page. Note: as the number of columns increase, the amount of space allotted to each column decreases, and documentation fields that are too long, will not be wrapped; they will be truncated.
The selections in the Ladder Settings group specify how much of the selected code-block to include in the printout, whether to include the element documentation and Rung comments or not, and the print size options.
The Range group defines how much of the code-block to print.
Select All to print all of the ladder logic in the code-block.
Select Rungs to print only the specified range of rungs in the code-block. Enter the first and last rung to print in the fields provided.
Select Addresses to print only the specified range of addresses in the code-block. Enter the first and last address to print in the fields provided.
The Documentation group defines which of the project documentation to include on the printout.
Check Elements to include the element name (e.g. X0, R0, etc.).
Check Nicknames to include element nicknames (e.g. MotorStart, Pump27, etc.).
Check Extra Info to include element wiring info (e.g. Blue - 10).
Check Descriptions to include element descriptions (e.g. This is the Motor Starter ).
Check Comments to include all of the rung comments in the code-block.
The Misc group defines the line drawing characteristics
Zoom sets the zoom level that will be used to generate the printout, select from 35%, 55%, 65%, 75%, 85%, 100%, 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%, or 225%.
Columns designates how many columns will be on each page, select from 1, 2, or 3.
Pen Size designates the width of the pen used to draw the rungs and elements, there are 4 sizes to pick from.
The Lengthy Instructionsoptions select how to handle instructions that have a variable number of rows (e.g. INIT- Initialize Data, RAMPSOAK - Ramp / Soak Profile, etc. which could consume a lot of vertical space on a page:
Display Short Summary will print the smallest amount of information that is practical, typically this will be the first couple of rows and the last couple rows in the instruction.
Display All Details for Most Instructions (default) will print every row for the majority of these instructions because there are only a few that always use a lot of screen real estate and printed pages.
Display All Details for All Instructions will always print every row of these instructions, regardless of the amount of screen real estate or number of printed pages that is required.
The Wide / Tall Rungs options select how to handle rungs that consume a lot of horizontal and / or vertical space on a page:
Allow rung's rows / columns to split across pages (less pages) will allow rungs that are too wide or too tall to fit on a single page or the remaining space on the current page to be split across pages
Selecting Force split rungs to start on new page will start a new page any time a rung is too wide or too tall to fit on the remaining space on the current page.
The Cross Reference Settings tab defines how much of the cross reference database contents to include in the printout.
The Elements section selects which memory blocks, heap items, and structures fields, that have been used in the project to include in the print. The default configuration will include all ranges, all heap items, and all user-defined and system-defined structures. Use the Set All and Clear All buttons to include all of the potential Elements or include none of the Elements respectively.
If the XRef tab is enabled the following options are used:
The Documentation group defines which of the project documentation to include on the printout.
Check Elements to include the element name (e.g. X0, R0, etc.).
Check Nicknames to include element nicknames (e.g. MotorStart, Pump27, etc.).
Check Extra Info to include element wiring info (e.g. Blue - 10).
Check Descriptions to include element descriptions (e.g. This is the Motor Starter ).
The Sort by group selects how the Elements in the Print will be sorted:
Element will generate the print sorted alphabetically by Element.
Nickname will generate the print sorted alphabetically by Nickname.
Data-block # / ID will generate the print sorted by Block number or Heap ID number.
If Expand Simple Ranges is checked, for instructions using ranged elements, an entry will be generated for each element in the specified range; if unchecked, only one entry will be generated for entire range.
If the Usage tab is enabled the following options are used:
If Reverse Usage is unchecked, the range of elements will be displayed Low to High from left to right; if checked, the range of elements will be displayed High to Low from left to right.
The Usage field Size group selects how many successive elements will be displayed , either 8, 10, or 16.
The Columns selection group specifies how many columns of Usage data to put on each page, either 1, 2, 3, or 4 columns.
The Options group contains more print settings.
The Printer group selects the printer to use.
Use Default will print to the default printer selection on the PC that is displayed in the list. To select a different printer uncheck this option and use the down arrow in the Printer field to select from among the printers that are available on the PC.
Checking the Black and White option will force the printout to black and white instead of colors that match those used in the Do-more Designer programming software.
The Header and Footer group optionally adds a line of text to the top and bottom of each page in the printout.
Header is the text to add to the top and bottom of each page.
Date is the date to put on the printout.
Click the Today! button to retrieve the current date from this computer.
Begin page numbering with is the first page number to use on the printout.
The Title Page group optionally includes the Title Page.
Check Print it! to include the Title Page in the printout.
Click the Edit ... button to open the Title Page Editor.
The Font Group selects the font to use when generating the printout.
Click the Select... button to display a list of the fonts loaded on the computer and select the font to use.
Click the OK button to initiate the print preview using the settings currently displayed.
Click the Cancel button to exit the dialog without generating the print preview.
Click the Printer Setup... button to invoke the setup dialog for the currently selected printer.
Click the Page Setup... button to invoke a dialog to set the margins for the printed page.
Click the Help button to invoke the main help system.
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