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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Print Setup</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">This dialog lets you change the characteristics of your output. You can define the size, margins, scale, and orientation of your plot. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">The printer and profile selected are displayed at the top of this dialog. Default settings are defined when a printer is entered through the NX Plotting Printer Administration dialog. You can change these values at any time before you print. Save these settings as a profile so you don't have to reenter them. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">NX Print dialog -&rarr; Print Setup tab</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Selected Printer/Profile </p>
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               <p class="para_td">The printer and profile selected are displayed in this area. Default settings are defined when a printer is entered through the Printer Administration dialog box. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Paper </p>
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               <p class="para_td">You can select the paper type and size, such as roll or sheet. The paper sizes available are determined by the plotter model chosen during printer setup. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Margins </p>
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               <p class="para_td">You can align images on the paper using the Alignment options from the Print Layout tab and use margins to offset the image making it look more presentable. For roll paper, the vertical axis (top and bottom) is the left and right edges of the roll. The horizontal axis (left and right) is the feed direction. The leading edge is the left, and the trailing edge is the right. </p>
               <p class="para_td">Sheet format is more conventional. The top of the sheet is represented as the top on the screen. You can set margins with the leading edge of the paper as the top. Left and right edges are maintained as left and right. </p>
               <p class="para_td">Margins can be vital to plotting. Certain models have a limited printable area that crops images if you override it. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Units of Measurement </p>
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               <p class="para_td">A choice of millimeters (mm) or inches is available. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Color </p>
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               <p class="para_td">You can select color if it's available on the selected printer. Some devices are monochrome only (as set up by the administrator) in which case, this option is disabled. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Orientation </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Portrait aligns the x-axis with the short side of the plotter. Landscape aligns the x-axis with the long side. This rule applies to sheet-feed plotters, but it's reversed with roll-feed plotters. Here the y-axis is generally the leading edge of the paper as it's plotted. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Scaling </p>
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               <p class="para_td">This function only works with metric files. Abstract files, such as raster images, can only be scaled to fit the page as the files have no physical dimensions. </p>
               <p class="para_td">Be careful when you scale (up), as the image is scaled to fit one direction (the scan direction). This may cause part of the image to be outside the printable area. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Print Background Color </p>
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               <p class="para_td">A background color is specified in CGM files generated for plotting, and in many cases, this background color is not white. You can set the Print Background Color option to No to avoid printing the background color. In this case, you can toggle on option Invert White Objects on White Background to print white geometry in black so it is visible on white paper.</p>
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                           <p class="para_note_body">The Invert White Objects on White Background option also causes any black geometry to be printed in white.</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Resolution </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Select the desired printer resolution. These are defined in the Printer Administration utility. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Line Settings</p>
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               <p class="para_td">For PostScript printers only, you can set line cap (ends) and joining styles.</p>
               <p class="para_td">Linecap: </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Butt Cap is a flat end. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Projecting Square Cap is square.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Linejoin: </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Miter Join extends the outside edge of each line to the intersection of that line or the miter limit, whichever comes first. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Round Join draws a radius from one outside edge to the other outside edge of joining lines. </p>
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                     <p class="para_item">Bevel Join connects the outer edges of the joined lines. </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Miter Limit:  Miter joints have an extension limit. This keeps low angle lines from projecting their joints too far. </p>
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               <p class="para_th">Pen Mapping</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the Pen Setup dialog so you can define a virtual  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('plotting/plot_map_pen.html');return(false);">pen mapping</a> that maps the physical pens to pen positions you specify. This option is supported for HPGL printers only. In defining the virtual mapping, you do not modify the color or width of pens, but for each virtual pen, you can set the Map To entry field to specify the associated physical pen.
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               <p class="para_th">Advanced Settings </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Displays the  <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('plotting/pa_adv_set_dia_op.html');return(false);">Advanced Settings dialog</a> so you can set options that control dither techniques, gamma correction, CGM rendering, application of headers and trailers, and other advanced features. This option is supported for RTL printers only.
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