Printing diagrams and source code

You can print both diagrams and text. To print individual diagrams, you must first open them in the Diagram pane. To print the source code, you must open it in the Editor pane. (Note that printing is not supported in the free Together Whiteboard product.)

Before printing

Check your system printer setup before you print any diagrams. It is important to make sure that the page size and orientation you have currently set for the printer you plan to use matches the page size and orientation settings in Together's Print options (see below). If you override default or project-level Print options in individual diagrams, make sure the page size and orientation specified in the Print tab of the diagram-level Options dialog also matches that in your system printer's setup.

To check Together's default Print options:

  1. From the main menu bar, choose Options | Default to display the Default Options dialog.

  2. Select the Print tab and check the settings.

To check Print options for the current project:

  1. From the main menu bar, choose Options | Project to display the Project Options dialog.

  2. Select the Print tab and configure settings as desired.

To check Print options for a specific diagram:

  1. Open the diagram for editing.

  2. Choose Diagram Options from the Diagram context to display the Diagram Options dialog.

  3. Select the Print tab and configure settings as desired.

For information on the multi-level configuration architecture, see Configuring Together: Multi-level configuration.

How to print diagrams

You can print any diagram separately, as a group, or all diagrams in the project.

To print a single diagram:

  1. Open the diagram in the Diagram pane (project must be open).

  2. If there are several open diagrams, click the tab of the one you want to print

  3. Choose File | Print Diagram on the Main menu to launch Print Diagram dialog.

  4. Click OK

To print several diagrams at once:

  1. Open the diagrams in the Diagram pane (project must be open).

  2. Click on the workspace of any open diagram.

  3. From the Main Menu, choose File | Print Diagram to launch Print Diagram dialog.

  4. Select the All Open option and click OK.

How to print text

To print source code:

  1. Make sure the Editor pane shows up (check Editor pane checkbox in the View menu, or press F9).

  2. Click on the desired element of a diagram to display its source code in the Editor pane, or just type your text in the active tab of the Editor pane.

  3. With the Editor pane having the focus, choose File | Print File from the Main Menu, to start Print File dialog.

  4. Make necessary settings and click OK.

Tips


Troubleshooting

Printing problems can stem from any number of things unrelated to a particular application program such as Together.

Some printer drivers on the Windows platform can cause printing problems. The diagram image is scaled up or down on the paper and doesn't match the visual boundaries. This problem was reported with the Sun JVM versions 1.1.5 and 1.1.6 under Windows (both 95 and NT). They consistently occur with the MS JVM build 2829 (SDK 3.0) and build 2925 (SDK 3.1).

On the other hand, Sun JVM 1.1.7B does not cause this problem. Upgrade to this version or a later if you use Java from Sun.

For other VM versions, Together provides a workaround for printing in Windows via the property: print.dpi=72 in the $TOGETHER_HOME$/config/misc.config file.

This property prevents problems in most cases. If you experience printing problems as described above, try adjusting the value or commenting out this property. Then try printing again.

For each test, modify and save the misc.config file, call Tools | Reload Options (assuming Together is running), and finally invoke File | Print diagram.

Setting Print Options

You can set printing options at different levels in the Options dialog.

For further information, consult the configuration topics of the Getting Started Guide.

Using auto-layout for printing


Printing generated documentation


See also: