Pattern maker how to print a pattern. How to Print a Large Chart or Poster
I talked about how to print a diagram from the program Pattern Maker, as well as how to prepare a diagram for printing so that the printer outputs a readable diagram in symbolic form.
In this article I would like to touch upon the question of how to print a diagram on another computer on which the program Pattern Maker not installed. After all, it also happens when you don’t have a printer on your computer, but you need to print out the diagram!
This is what we will do now! So,
In a programme Pattern Maker It is possible to convert the diagram to a graphic file by clicking File - Export to graphic file.
In this case it starts Palette Export Wizard, which in a few steps will convert the diagram into a graphic object. But! The diagram will turn out to be large, one might say simply huge; if you print it on one sheet, you will see absolutely nothing there. Those. in order to make a page-by-page print, you will need to go into Photoshop and cut it into pieces.
Since not everyone knows Photoshop, I suggest another way to transfer the diagram to a file, which I present below.
The most important thing that we did in the previous lesson was to prepare the diagram in the form we needed for printing.
Now all you have to do is choose a team Seal.
In the window that opens, select Printer name Microsoft Office Document Image Writer.
And click on the button in the window Properties.
A new window opens in which we go to the tab Additionally.
And select Output Document Format Tiff or MDI
In the first case, if we chose the format Tiff, the document will weigh much more, but it will compress perfectly when archived. It opens with any image viewing program, for example, Microsoft Office Picture Manager. And even if you see only one page when viewing the image, the printer will print all the pages, including the page with the key to the diagram.
If you have chosen the format MDI, the file will weigh significantly less, and you can open it using Microsoft Office Document Imaging.
Don't forget to press the key twice OK and a button Save(by selecting and remembering the place where you save this scheme :-))
This way we did without Photoshop and didn’t have to cut anything
If you have any questions, what else would you like to hear about the topic? Pattern Maker Lessons- write, I will definitely try to answer them!
P.S. And if you still prefer to deal with ready-made kits, it’s time to look into the online embroidery store, where you can always choose from a wide variety of embroidery kits of any complexity to suit your taste and budget.
Best wishes, Elena Yudina
How to print one or more sheets of a project.
Program sPlan is equipped with a convenient tool for previewing a drawing before printing. You can always see how the drawing will change when applying different effects before printing the drawing. You can select a printer, adjust the scale and position of the drawing on the sheet, as well as many other functions.
Select a team Seal... from the menu File or click the button Seal on the toolbar to open the preview window.
For a more convenient viewing of the diagram, expand the preview window to full screen.
On the left side of the preview window you will find print options. The white area to the right of the print options is a sheet of paper with a red border indicating the printable area of your printer. The sheet that needs to be printed can be selected using the tabs in the preview window. The printer name will be displayed in the window title.
Change the position of the print.
The position of the schematic fingerprint can be adjusted directly in the preview window. You can move the drawing to the desired location on the sheet. To do this, click on the diagram in the preview window and move it to the desired location while holding down the mouse button.
Print scale.
Select an option "1:1" , if scaling is not required. Select an option "Mine" to change the scale using the slider.
Attention: Basically, printers cannot print a picture on the entire sheet and, as a rule, have a print border. If your diagram is located on the entire sheet and is close to the edges of the sheet, then reduce the scale of the print, for example, set it to about 95% to avoid cropping the image.
Paper orientation.
Select the orientation of the sheet so that it matches the orientation of your image.
Banner printing.
This is a new feature introduced in sPlan 7.0 that allows you to print a drawing on multiple pages. So you can, for example, print an A2 size drawing on an A4 size printer.
Here you can determine how many sheets you want to use in the X- or Y-directions, as well as set the overlap of the pages in mm. After this, you can scale and move the drawing relative to the installed pages.
Sheet size.
When this option is activated, a gray sheet appears on the sheet of paper, which shows the actual sheet size of the project. This setting does not affect the printout.
Print (print selection).
Here you can specify which sheets need to be printed. It is possible to print the current sheet, all sheets, or selected sheets of the entire project. To do the last thing, click on the button "..." to select multiple sheets for your project.
True to size.
When you click this button, the drawing will automatically be scaled to fit the entire printed sheet.
In the center.
Click this button to place the drawing in the center of the sheet of paper.
Apply.
If you click on this button, all current settings such as scaling, orientation or position will be applied to all other sheets in your project.
Setup.
This button opens the standard printer settings window.
Seal.
This button starts printing to the printer.
Exit.
Use this button to exit the preview window without printing.
Sometimes there is a need to print a diagram or poster in a large format. It's good if it's A3 format. You can use an A3 printer or copier with enlargement. What if it is A2, A1, or generally “non-format”?
When I was a student, I printed large format drawings and posters using Visio. We must pay tribute, the program regularly performed its functions until it was bought by Microsoft. I continued to use it, despite its cumbersomeness, until I discovered an excellent alternative - Splan.
Splan allows you to easily and conveniently draw diagrams and all kinds of plans without any hassles. If you remember, I also drew plan diagrams in Visio, and even posted files for public download, for example, in an article about.
I also used Visio to prepare illustrations for the blog - for example, for articles and .
So, I usually printed large posters in parts on several A4 sizes using Visio. But since I switched to Splan (about a year ago), printing large diagrams has become much faster, easier and more convenient. And the usual A4 format too - simple and predictable.
Examples of using Plan on my blog can be viewed and downloaded, for example, in the article approximation and about. I agree, not the best examples of computer graphics, but it can be done in a couple of minutes.
And large posters can be taken from the article on Safety Posters, and.
How to print large format in Splan
By large format I mean all formats larger than standard A4. These are A3 (A4x2), A2 (A3x2), A1 (A2x2), A0 (A1x2).
Let me give you an example of how I now print large format diagrams while performing my engineering duties. I can’t post actual diagrams for confidentiality purposes, but I found an example diagram that is given in the title of the article.
The scheme really works.
Open the diagram in Splan7.0:
We check the format of our sheet in the properties. This is not necessary; the basic settings will be in the print window.
If the diagram does not fit in width or height, you can change the values in this window. Then the format will change from A4 to “Own”. And then when printing, fit the entire diagram onto one or more A4. More on this later.
Just in case, what will our diagram look like if we set the A2 sheet format:
The field for drawing increases, but again, we change the print settings later.
If you now stretch the diagram using “graphic” methods, then later it will be possible to print this sheet onto a larger number of sheets, and, accordingly, to a larger final size.
Let's return to A4 format and open the print window. A real printer is not installed on this computer, but this does not change the essence of the matter.
Pay attention to the field Scale. If you leave it at 1:1, then the diagram may turn out to be either too small or extend beyond the sheet. In this case, luck was almost exactly what was needed.
Press the button True to size, the diagram takes up all the usable space, leaving only the fields. There is no way to get rid of margins; this is a physical limitation of the printer.
Field Scale changed, now it is automatically set to 130%.
The fields are small, you can set the scale a little smaller, for example 125%. Maximum magnification – up to 400%. If this is not enough, you need to increase the original size using “graphic” methods, and use a larger format than A4. I write about this near the 2nd picture, where I put the A2 format for testing.
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Now we act in the field Banner printing. We set X=2 – the number of A4 sheets horizontally, and Y=1 – vertically.
We set the format to 4x4, this is A2. Click Centered, true to size:
Now you can easily grab the diagram with your mouse, drag it across the sheets, and change the scale by turning the mouse wheel, or changing the percentages in the field Your Scale. On Visio you can only dream of such conveniences.
We manually move the diagram so that it is in the center of our poster, or click Centered. That's it, you can print.
But what happens doesn’t always suit me. The fact is that later, when gluing several A4 sheets into a large format, there are bad places at the joints when many lines are “cut” along the joint. The worst thing is when these are not lines, but some kind of curves.
Below I placed the diagram not in the center, but a little to the left, so that only two horizontal lines were cut. If placed automatically, Centered, then a vertical cut in a large format will cut the power supply circuit of the second motor, and this is ugly. And it will be much more difficult to glue well.
But still, it doesn’t suit me.
We must strive for the ideal, but remember that it is unattainable. Need to be able to complete things to do, otherwise you can lick little things ad infinitum.
The fact is that the diagram turns out to be skewed (shifted) to the left; on the right sheet there is actually one switch. In addition, the word “electric” is cut ugly. Therefore, we go to the editing mode and adjust the diagram so that it fits nicely on a large format, taking into account the cuts.
This is what we get in the print window:
Do you see the difference from picture 10? If you don’t see it, try printing it and then gluing it together in Fig. 10 and Fig. 12. What's it like? What does it look like? And if this is a thesis defense, every little detail is important, and the committee has a meticulous person like me?
Of course, such a scheme will not be passed by regulatory control, but that is not what the article is about.
By the way, the shading could also be removed.
Now the printed sheets need to be trimmed at one edge and glued with glue. Or cut it so that it is glued end to end with tape. Good luck and patience!
Tips for the convenience of gluing large formats. The margin size can be set in the printer settings ( Setting...), you can also experiment with Overlapping. It's better to glue together.
Non-format size printing from several A4 sheets
Recently I had to print a diagram that I scanned and glued together in Photoshop. The diagram was like a long tablecloth, made of 8 or 10 A4 pages in portrait orientation. I want to show how Splan easily copes with this task.
To do this, we will remake the previous diagram like this:
In the print window the diagram will be like this:
For 3 sheets of A4:
We increase and optimize the location. We use only the mouse, drag and spin the wheel.
That's it, print and carefully glue it together.
Printing large pictures on multiple sheets
How does the picture differ from previous diagrams? A diagram made in Splan is a vector format, it can be stretched as much as you like without losing quality. But the picture, when magnified more than 100%, disintegrates into pixels. Therefore, when printing a large-format picture or photo, you must initially take care of its size in pixels.
Let's say that we need to print a large picture, for example a photo, in a large format. Splan only understands graphic files in *.bmp and *.jpg formats. But this is quite enough; converting graphic formats is not a problem.
The *.jpg format is used for photographs, that is, for images of real life. But if you have graphics - a plan, diagram, drawing, in which there are few shades and halftones - then it is better to use the *.gif format. The optimal golden mean is the *.png format. A format that doesn’t care what kind of picture it is – *.bmp, it doesn’t process anything at all, but the file size is the largest.
In this case, I will use *.bmp, since this is a schema. I didn’t go far to find the diagram; I took the diagram from one about energy-saving lamps.
This is 100%. I already wrote that you need to initially have a large image size. Here – 100% barely fits on a quarter of A4. When enlarged, the image will spread into pixels. But maybe it’s not scary if it’s not looked at closely.
Stretch:
Part of the diagram is “lost”, but at the moment the view is set to 69% scale (in the status bar at the bottom), if you set it to more than 100%, it will be fine.
And this is how this diagram will look when printed on 5x4 A4 format:
It would be possible to increase the scale beyond 400%, but the program does not allow this. But in order to still enlarge it, you need to do this at the stage of Figure 18. Or in the page properties select not A4, but A3. I wrote about this above.
How to print several pictures on one A4 sheet
Indeed, sometimes the opposite task occurs - on an A4 sheet, print out pictures (diagrams, etc.) of two, three, etc. files.
That is, reduce them so that they fit on an A4 page.
This can also be done in Plan, but there you need to reduce and position each picture manually, which is not always convenient. Although it is possible.
To print several pictures on A4 sheet, I use the ACDSee program.
Previously I used it to view graphics, but now I have switched to a much more convenient, functional and free one - Fast Stone Image Viewer.
So, we select in ACDSee the files we need for printing. Click Print (Ctrl+P).
In the window that appears, select the Index-Print option.
Previously it was called Printing miniatures, or something like that.
Printing miniatures - several pictures on A4 sheet
Now, in the Thumbnail Settings field, select the number of columns and rows in which our thumbnails are located.
We adjust the distance between pictures (indent), frame, and other parameters in the Layout format field. We set the fields in the page settings (on the right), and you can print!
Download files
As usual, I post files on the topic of the article. And as usual, everything is downloaded freely.
/ Examples for an article on SamElectric. Files for the article, rar, 68.12 kB, downloaded: 896 times./
/ The program is not professional, but it is very convenient for quickly and easily drawing diagrams. The archive contains Russian help, component libraries, installation file, viewer, description file. Does not require an activation key, works immediately after installation., rar, 3.55 MB, downloaded: 8431 times./
After making sure that the printer is connected, the drivers are installed and the device is working properly, you can start printing. Using the Word office program as an example, let's look at how to print text.
Open a ready-made text document or prepare it yourself, for which you need to copy or type the text on Word sheets, then edit and format it.
Further actions, based on the Office version, may vary slightly.
In version 2010
The printer icon for quick printing is displayed on the quick access panel. Pressing it will help fast printing.
In Word 2003
You will also find the printer icon without any problems. 
IN 2013 There is no version of the Word icon on the quick access panel by default, but you can easily add it by clicking the drop-down list and selecting . There is also a point below View, if you want to preview the design of the document.
You can also access the window responsible for sending to the printer through the menu File/Seal.
A universal combination will work in all versions Ctrl-P. Next you will go to the settings window. For the 2010 version it looks like this. 
For 2003
So. 
Here you can tune page range or specify specific numbers, select the number of copies, and specify the printer to which you want to send the document. Among the many other settings, let’s focus on the setting color or black and white print. To go to the window for setting these parameters, you should open Properties.
Here you choose Color and press OK for confirmation. 
It is worth noting that these actions similar for any program that works with text.
Printing a web page
There are two ways to do this. First - copy(Ctrl+C) the desired text from the web page and insert(Ctrl+V) in text editor(for example, the same Word). Then print as shown in the first paragraph. 
The second way is to print directly directly from the browser.
The easiest way to do this is by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+P– a window will open settings. You can also open it using the menu button in the browser - Seal(example for Google Chrome). 
Here, in settings, you can set all the same parameters as in a Word document with a slightly different interface, but quite intuitive. 
How to print a picture
You can open the picture print window without even opening it by selecting in the menu, after right-clicking on the icon, item Seal.
If you need to print large poster at home without resorting to the services of a plotter - then this article is for you. But how can this be done? You can split our document into a large number of small fragments and print it with a home printer on A4 sheets. As a result, we will get a large, almost seamless poster. In this article we will look in detail at two methods. print a poster - without additional software, only using standard tools, and also consider a special program that can print using a simple home printer big poster. As always, the article will contain detailed instructions on how to quickly achieve the desired result. Let's say we have a large document, a picture, a graph, a map of the area - in general, anything from which we need to make a large poster. We will need a printer, a pair of scissors, PVA glue and half an hour of time. If everything is ready, let's get started!
To print a large poster from A4 sheets, you can do without additional software. The standard printer software has many options for customizing printing. Among other things, there (in most cases) there is such a function as “poster printing”. It is she who will help us print any document on many A4 sheets. Thus, after gluing the sheets together, we will get a large poster or painting for the wall. If this is exactly the result you are trying to achieve, then look at the example.
Example: How to print a poster from several A4 sheets
Open the picture or document from which you want to make a large poster and press “print” or the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl+P”. You should see a similar menu (see Fig1)
in which you need to select the properties of your printer.
Set the page size and desired sheet orientation (Portrait or Landscape). Next, scroll down a little (in the Page Layout section) you need to find “Poster Printing”. Standard poster printing sizes are 4 sheets. This means that your image will be divided into four fragments, which the printer will print. After putting these fragments together like a puzzle, you will get a large picture. If the size of 4 A4 sheets does not suit you, click the "Set" button.
Here you can specify a different number of segments into which your image will be divided. And also (very conveniently) you need to check the box “Cutting lines in the margins” and an edge will be allocated on each sheet ( Cut ) which needs to be trimmed evenly and the field is marked ( Paste ) onto which you need to apply glue and apply the next fragment of our large poster. All settings have been made - we send everything for printing. The result is an almost seamless large poster. If you are satisfied, then we have achieved the desired result using standard means. But as you can see, there are quite a few settings for printing a poster. That is why there are special programs for printing large posters on A4. They allow you to configure the partition more flexibly. We'll talk about this in another part of the article.