Defining Printer Setting Preferences for Altium Designer

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The System - Printer Settings page of the Preferences dialogThe System - Printer Settings page of the Preferences dialog

Summary

The System – Printer Settings page of the Preferences dialog allows you to customize page sizes for exported PDF documents. 

Access

This page is accessed by clicking Printer Settings under the System folder in the main Preferences dialog (accessed by clicking the button in the top right corner of the workspace).

Options/Controls

  • Custom page sizes for exporting to PDF

    • Title - the name of the page size.
    • Width - the width of the page size.
    • Height - the height of the page size.
  • Add - click to add a size to the main list. Choices include:
    • ARCH A 
    • ARCH B
    • ARCH C
    • ARCH D
    • ARCH E
    • ARCH E1
    • C5 Envelope (162 x 229 mm)
    • DL Envelope (110 x 220 mm)
    • Folio (8.5 x 13 in)
    • JIS B1
    • JIS B2
    • JIS B3
    • JIS B4
    • JIS B5
    • Ledger (17 x 11 in)
    • Monarch Envelope (3.87 x 7.5 in)
    • No. 10 Envelope (4.125 x 9.5 in)
    • Note (7.5 x 10 in)
    • Statement (5.5 x 8.5 in)
    • Custom - click this choice to add a new page title and size.
  • Edit Page - click to open the Edit Page dialog in which you can customize the title and size of the selected page size.
  • Remove - click to remove the selected page size from the list.
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Note

The features available depend on your Altium product access level. Compare features included in the various levels of Altium Designer Software Subscription and functionality delivered through applications provided by the Altium 365 platform.

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