Printing graphs and layouts

Page orientation

Each graph or layout can be portrait or landscape. Since the page orientation setting in the portrait/landscape setting of the printer setup dialog only allows one setting per file, Prism ignores this setting for graphs and layouts.

Flipping the orientation of a graph

Click the rotate button in the Change toolbar and choose Flip. 

Flipping the page orientation does not change the aspect ratio of the graph. You won't see the change on screen unless you zoom down to see the entire page.

Flipping the orientation of a layout

Use the Flip button in the Change section of the Prism toolbar to change the orientation of a layout.

Page header

Prism can print the file and sheet name and date at the top of each page. This is a setting in the Preferences dialog.

Printing posters

Prism can print on very large pages (up to 1.5 by 2 meters) so can create a poster directly. (If you use Windows 98, you will be limited to smaller page sizes.)

Choose the paper size by dropping the File menu and choosing Printer setup (Windows) or Page Setup (Mac). The details vary with each printer driver.

Since you can only set the page size once for the entire project, we suggest that you create your graphs in one project (or several projects) using a standard page size. Then make your poster in a separate project created just for that purpose. Set a large page size and then go to the layout section and create a layout sheet. Arrange the placeholders, and assign graphs from your other projects.