The Printer Setup dialog allows you to configure the application's use of the printer.
The Printer Setup window contains:
printer
lines in the ~/.xtrkcad/xtrkcad.rc
file. The first entry, 'File', causes printouts to be sent to a file. You will be prompted for a file name when doing a print.
The formats of the printer entries are:
Iprinter-num
is the next value in a sequential list (starting at 1, 0 is reserved for FILE). printer.1 is predefined as lp=lpr -P%s
.
Iprinter-name
is the name of the printer as it appears in the Printer selection list.
Icommand
is the command to invoke where %s will be replaced by the Iprinter-name
.
To add a new printer, select the next value for Iprinter-num and add the printer line with the name and print command.
Printing generates Postscript data which is sent to the specified printer (or File). The names of fonts differs between the X Window System and Postscript and there is no formula to convert them. The printing system uses a font alias map to convert from X font names to Postscript font names. Font aliases for the common Postscript fonts are predefined but you must supply an alias for unknown fonts. The 'Font Alias' window will be shown whenever you are printing an unknown font. You will be asked to supply a Postscript font name for a X font. You can change the font alias mapping by using the X Font and PS Font entries on the Printer Setup dialog.