Publishing a sheet list to the printer named in page setup

Publishing a sheet list prints all referenced sheets at the same time. The sheets are printed to the printer named in the assigned page setup for each sheet. If the Page Setup column indicates None for a sheet, the sheet is published using the print options specified for the layout.

To publish a sheet list to the printer named in page setup

   1   Do one of the following to choose Publish ():

    On the ribbon, choose the Application button, then choose Publish > Publish, or choose Output > Publish.

    On the menu, choose File > Publish.

    On the Standard toolbar, click the Publish tool.

    Type publish and then press Enter.

   2   Open the desired sheet list:

    Click Load.

    Locate and select the .dsd file to publish.

    Click Open.

For details about creating a sheet list, see Publishing sheet lists.

   3   In Publish To, select Printer Named in Page Setup.

   4   If you regularly publish to the page setups printer instead of other formats, optionally click Set as Default.

   5   To assign a different page setup to a sheet, select a page setup from the list for the sheet. To change the page setup, do the following:

    Select the sheet and click Edit. You can also double-click the sheet.

    Select the page setup to change, then click Modify.

    Make your selections, then click OK.

    Click Close.

   6   Verify the status of each sheet in the list:

    No Errors The sheet is ready for publishing.

    Layout Not Initialized The sheets layout is not assigned a valid printer. If the sheet is assigned a page setup, choose File > Page Setup and specify a valid printer for the page setup. If no page setup is assigned, open the source drawing file, click the referenced Model or Layout tab, choose File > Print, specify a printer, then click Apply to Layout.

   7   To publish a sheet using a specific layer state, select the layer state for the sheet in its Layer State column. The list displays all layer states created for a drawing.

   8   Specify any of the following options:

    Number of copies Enter the number of copies to print.

    Include print stamp Select to print with a header and footer. Click [...] to modify the text of the header and footer.

    Publish in background Select to print in the background of other tasks being performed by the computer.

    9    Click Publish.