### Print dialog

The dialog appears after you click the Print button on the side bar or click the Options button on the side bar and then select Print from the option list. It helps you to print one or more library components in a dashboard using the same format. See the dialog.

Layout

- System Layout
  Uses a layout calculated by JReport based on the position of the printable library components in the current dashboard. The preview result of the system layout is displayed on the right.
- Custom Layout
  If selected, you can rearrange the layout of the library components you would like to print using a tabular. You can customize the layout in the Design tab and preview it in the Preview tab.
- Other customized layouts saved
  Your saved layouts are also listed for choosing. You can do further modifications based on them. For each of the customized layouts, you can edit its name or delete it using the two buttons - Rename and Delete - appearing on the right when the mouse hovers over the layout item on the drop-down list.

Resources

- For System Layout
  Specifies which library components you are going to print and their printing order.

  By default all printable library components are listed and selected. To print some of them, unselect the others.

  The order of the listed library components determines the order in which they will be printed. Click the buttons and to adjust the printing order if necessary.

- For Custom Layout
  Lists all the printable library components in the dashboard. You can drag the components from the box to the Design tab to customize the layout.

Show Component Title

Specifies whether to show the library component titles in the print result.

Printer

Specifies the printer with which to print the library component result. In the Printer drop-down list, all the printers that the web browser can access will be listed, that is to say, the virtual printers displayed in this drop-down list vary according to the operating system and the web browser you are using. If you want to download the result to a PDF or HTML file and then use your local printer to print the file, select Save as PDF or Save as HTML.

Properties

Opens the Printer Properties dialog to specify the printing properties. Disabled when Save as PDF or Save as HTML is selected.

Page Range

Specifies the range of the pages that are to be printed.

- All
  If checked, all pages will be printed.

Copies

Specifies the number of copies you want to print. The number of copies will be applied to all specified pages. Disabled when Save as PDF or Save as HTML is selected.

Orientation

Specifies the orientation for the printed result.

- Portrait
  Prints the result in a standard letter orientation.
- Landscape
  Prints the result in a landscape orientation.

Paper

Specifies the type of paper for printing the result. Choose one from the drop-down list.

More Settings

Opens the Page Setup dialog to specify more page properties for the printed result.

Print

Starts printing. If Save as PDF or Save as HTML is selected in the Printer drop-down list, the result file of the library components is then opened in an associated program with which you can print the result to a printer.

Save

Saves changes to an existing layout or opens the Save As dialog for saving a newly created layout. The saved layouts are available in the Layout drop-down list for applying. The layouts that you save will be available to all users using the same dashboard.

Save As

Opens the Save As dialog for saving a new layout with a name or saving an existing layout with another name.

Options for managing tabular cell

Available to non-system layouts. They are used for customizing the layout in the Design tab.

- Horizontal Split
  Splits a cell into two horizontal cells. When there is a library component in the cell, it will be placed in the left cell after the splitting.
- Merge
  Merges adjacent cells forming a rectangle into one cell. When there are more than one library component in the cells, the cells cannot be merged.
- Vertical Split
  Splits a cell into two vertical cells. When there is a library component in the cell, it will be placed in the top cell after the splitting.

Options for navigating pages

- First
  Goes to the start page.
- Previous
  Goes to the previous page.
- Turn to Page
  Input a number in the text box and then press the Enter button on the keyboard to go to that page directly. If the input number is larger than the total page number, it goes to the last page, and if the number smaller than 1, it goes to the first page.
- Next
  Goes to the next page.
- Last
  Goes to the end page.

Options for zooming in/out the pages

The usage of the tool:

- Click - to zoom out.
- Click + to zoom in.
- Select a percentage from the drop-down list.
- Input a percentage in the text box. The zoom range is from 30% to 400%. If you input a value out of the range, the ratio will be restored to the previously applied percentage.

Design tab

Available to non-system layouts. It is where you customize the component layout. The page size is determined by the page setup properties and the ratio setting. A tabular fulfills the page printable area for holding a library component in each cell. Split or merge the cells and then drag library components from the Resources box into the cells to customize the layout.

When printing, for tables and crosstabs, only their current view of data as displayed in the dashboard will be printed by default. For example, if a table contains 10 pages of data and you browse to page 3 when you open the Print dialog, then in the printed result, the table will only contain data of page 3. If you want their full data to be printed, you need to use the Filter option on the context menu to switch from Current View to All.

There are these options on the context menu after right-clicking in a tabular cell:

- Filter
  Opens the Filter dialog to choose the data scope of the table or crosstab in the tabular cell.
- Remove
  Removes the library component from the tabular cell.

View tab

Available to non-system layouts. It provides a preview of the customized layout. You can click the page navigation and zooming buttons to preview the result.

Displays the help document about this feature.

Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.

###### Related topics:

- Printing library components