Print a Model

You can print your model to your default printer. Before you print, you can customize options for the printed output.

To print a model

  1. Do one of the following:
    • On the File tab, click Print.
    • On the Home tab, click Print.

    The Print dialog box opens.

  2. Work on the following options:
    Printer

    Specifies the destination printer. Select a printer name from the drop-down menu. Select Print to file to save the print output to a file instead of a printer.
    Note: The Microsoft Print to PDF option works well the first time you use the Print option. For every subsequent usage of Microsoft Print to PDF option, first set the Printer to another option and click Print. This causes the Microsoft Print to PDF drivers to reset. Thus, allowing you to print to a PDF file.

    Print range

    Print all pages of the model, or a range of pages.

    Copies

    Prints one or more copies of each selected page. You can also select to collate the copies.

    Print what

    Print the current diagram (the open diagram from which you opened the print dialog), or current selection or all diagrams currently open.

    Print order

    Specifies the direction taken for the print output. For example, if you have a large model that prints on multiple pages, you can select "Over, then down" to create a printout with a horizontal orientation. Or, select "Down, then over" to create a printout with a vertical orientation.

    Alpha order

    Prints the diagrams within a Subject Area alphabetically.

    Fit to page

    Specifies to scale the entire diagram so that it fits on a single page for the selected printer and paper size. Select the check box to enable this option.

    Note: If you select this option and have selected more than one diagram to print, each diagram prints on a separate page.

  3. Click Preview to view your output page by page, before starting the print job.

    Note: The page preview that is displayed takes into account the page margins that you set in the Page Setup Editor. This means that what you see in the Preview page is what will be printed.

    Click Zoom In to zoom the diagram to the size of the paper. Click Zoom Out to zoom the diagram to a size that can be fit in the Preview window.

    To print immediately, click Print; otherwise click Close to go back to the diagram window.

  4. Click Page Setup to customize print options such as page size, orientation, zoom, border, color, header, footer, and margin.
  5. Click Print.

More Information

Specify General Page Setup Options

Save Your Page Setup Selections