Printing Preferences

The image in the active View window can be printed by selecting File=>Print or clicking on the Print button. The normal operating system Print dialog is then displayed.

Print output is also controlled by settings in the Print Preferences, as shown below. Settings in the Print dialog have precedence over those in the preferences.

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GaussView Print Preferences
Default values are displayed in this dialog.

The controls in this dialog have the following meanings:

The remaining controls specify low-level graphics behavior. Generic Pixel Format says to use the system software renderer. This option should be checked only after rendering problems/failures have been encountered during image capture or printing.

The Render Method popup specifies the rendering method to use in generating the image:

The default is Frame Buffer Object. This setting seldom needs to be changed.