Printing a drawing    

The Print dialog box has print settings described in the previous sections for page setups.

You cannot print a rendered image directly to a printer.  
To print a rendered image, you must first save the drawing to a different format and then print it from another graphics program.

To print a drawing

   1   If necessary, click the desired Layout tab or the Model tab.

   2   Do one of the following to choose Print ():

    On the ribbon, choose the Application button then choose Print, or choose Output > Print (in Print).

    On the menu, choose File > Print.

    On the Standard toolbar, click the Print tool.

    Type print and then press Enter.

   3   In Page Setup Name, select the page setup to apply for printing. The print options in the Print dialog box change to reflect the settings of the selected page setup.

   4   Make any necessary adjustments, including for the following options that are available only at print time (not when setting up a page setup):

    Print to file Select to print to a file instead of a printer.

    Number of copies Enter the number of copies to print.

    Print transparency  Select to print entities with their assigned transparency. Note that turning on this option can slow printing. Also note that the PLOTTRANSPARENCYOVERRIDE system variable can override transparency print settings for all layout viewports at once.

    Print in background Print in the background of other tasks being performed by the computer.

    Print stamp on Select to print with a header and footer. When enabled, you can click [...] to modify the text of the print stamp.

    Save changes to layout Select to save the print settings for the model or layout.

    5    Click Print.