3.12 Print

You can print screen data on Windows printers. You can print a list of screens and then specify how many screens to print on a page or set up Reflection to print multiple screens as a continuous flow of text, without page breaks at the beginning or end of screens.

3.12.1 Print More Than One Screen per Page

You can capture and then print multiple screens on each page in two different ways.

  • You can capture a list of screens and then specify how many screens to print on a page.

    Or

  • You can set up Reflection to print multiple screens as a continuous flow of text, without page breaks at the beginning or end of screens.

To capture a list of screens and specify how many to print on a page

  1. In the Print Multiple Screens pane, click the Capture Screen button to select the screens you want to print as you navigate through your application.

  2. Select the number of screens to print on a page.

  3. When you are ready to print all of the screens, click the Print Screens button on the Print Multiple Screens pane.

    CAUTION:Do not close the Print Multiple Screens pane until you have finished printing the screens. When you close this pane, the screens you captured are discarded.

To print multiple screens as a continuous flow of text

You can set up Reflection to print multiple screens so that the screen information is printed in a continuous flow across the pages, without page breaks at the start or end of each screen.

NOTE:If you prefer not to flow information for individual screens across pages, you can choose to insert a form feed between screens to force page breaks.

  1. At the bottom of the Print Setup dialog box, in the Multiple screens per page box, select Close printer manually.

  2. If you want Reflection to add a form feed to force a page break between each screen, select Auto formfeed.

  3. For each screen you want to print, go to the screen, and then, on the toolbar, click the Print button.

    After you print the first screen, the Close Printer button appears on the status bar.

    NOTE:Each screen you send to the printer is spooled to a file until you click Close Printer.

  4. When you are done selecting the screens to print, click Close Printer.

    The screens are printed.

3.12.2 Set Up a Default Windows Printer

You can specify which Windows printer to use for the session.

To set up printing

  1. Under Printer Settings, select Configure Printer Settings.

  2. On the Print Setup dialog box, select the printer to use.