Thot documents can be printed directly from the editor with the ``Print''
command from the ``Document'' menu. This command translates the document into
PostScript while producing the same display as that displayed when the command
is called [5]. This PostScript display can
be saved to a file or sent to a printer. The command displays a form in which
you can choose:
- The pages to be printed (number of the first and last pages to be
printed).
- The number of copies.
- An option ``Manual feed'' allowing the printer to be set to manual mode
where sheets of paper (or transparencies) are introduced manually one by one.
This option is specific to some printers.
- The views to be printed (see section 9); the list of views is composed of the
views defined in the presentation schema (ordered according to the list given
after the PRINT keyword in the schema), followed by the views of associated
elements and then by the views specified in extension schemas; the views
defined without pages are identified by an asterisk. By default, the views
selected to be printed are those given after the PRINT keyword in the document
presentation schema.
- the reduction and enlargement scales.
- the number of document pages printed on each sheet (1, 2 or 4); a number
higher than 1 produces a reduction in the size of each page image.
- The destination (printer or file) and the printer or file name.
- The print format: the default format is the one specified for the document
presentation schema in the .conf file (see section 23.2.5).
Once you have chosen the print optionst, press ``Print'' in the form to
start printing or translation to PostScript file.
You can continue to work on the document once printing has been launched. A
message in the Thot window indicates when the PostScript document is stored in
the printer queue or in the file, according to the required destination.
Note that printing only produces good results if you use a presentation
schema defining pages (see section 8.5);
otherwise, only the beginning of the document will be printed on paper.
You can also print Thot documents by passing them to a formatter (LaTeX for
instance): use the ``Save as'' command (see section 7.8) which produces a file containing the
document in the syntax required by the formatter.
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