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| 9 | #************* Title of helpfile !! and start of real helpfile strunk******** |
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| 10 | TITLE Print a Graphic to a Printer |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | OCCURRENCE ARB_NT/Tree/Print Tree |
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| 13 | ARB_SECEDIT/File/Print structure |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | DESCRIPTION Multi Page Printer |
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| 16 | |
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| 17 | SECTION Select what to print |
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| 18 | |
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| 19 | Clip at Screen: Show only those graphics that are |
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| 20 | drawn at the ARB_NT main window |
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| 21 | |
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| 22 | Show Handles: Show/Hide root and mark symbols |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | Export colors: Whether to export colors or not. |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | SECTION Page Layout |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | The upper part of this section shows the current graphic size, |
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| 29 | the magnification in effect, the resulting outputsize (after |
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| 30 | resize) and the used papersize. |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | graphic size: size of graphic in inches. When you change the display |
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| 33 | while this window stays open (e.g. zoom in/out ...) |
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| 34 | press <Get Graphic Size> to update the graphic size. |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | Magnify%: magnification of graphic. This can either be set manually or |
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| 37 | will be set automatically by changing the number of pages used. |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | Papersize: useable paper size in inches (i.e. size of area printer can fill) |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | Normally you will select one of the predefined paper formats. |
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| 42 | Doing this will pass it to fig2dev (which is used to preprocess |
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| 43 | printing). |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | It is also possible to use non-standard-formats by setting the paper |
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| 46 | size directly, but since they aren't known by fig2dev figuring out |
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| 47 | magnification, overlap etc. might be tricky or impossible. |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | Orientation: Landscape or Portrait mode |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | Bordersize: Keep an empty border around the graphic (specified as percentage of |
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| 52 | graphic size) |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | Useable size: How much of a page your printer can fill. This is used when |
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| 55 | calculating the 'Papersize' from paper format. |
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| 56 | |
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| 57 | This value cannot be influenced by ARB, it's only here to |
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| 58 | allow you to inform ARB about the capabilities/restrictions |
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| 59 | of your printer setup. |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | SECTION Multiple pages |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | Left side shows the fractional number of pages needed to print with |
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| 64 | current magnification and orientation. |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | Fit on XXX pages: |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | - shows the number of pages which will be printed |
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| 69 | - change it and click on 'Fit on' to zoom the graphic such that |
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| 70 | it will fit on the specified number of pages (that will |
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| 71 | modify 'Orientation' and 'Magnify%') |
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| 72 | - mark lock to fix the number of pages used. You will not be |
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| 73 | able to change magnification when locked. |
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| 74 | - the small buttons below allow to quickly fit onto the |
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| 75 | displayed number of pages. |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | Overlap: If checked, the printed pages will "slightly" overlap. |
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| 78 | Does not apply when printing to a single page - obviously. |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | Note: ARB cannot influence the size of the overlap-region, |
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| 81 | but it needs to know it in order to be able to properly |
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| 82 | calculate the needed magnification. |
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| 83 | |
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| 84 | If the default of 10% does not match your system, you'll |
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| 85 | have to test it (use preview for that). Once you got a |
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| 86 | working value, save properties to store it for future |
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| 87 | sessions. |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | SECTION Destination |
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| 91 | |
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| 92 | - Printer: Use print command to print |
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| 93 | - File: Use File Name as destination file name |
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| 94 | - Preview: Print to file and show using gv (ghostview) |
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| 95 | |
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| 96 | SECTION HOWTO configure correct overlap |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | The following actions need to be performed in order! |
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| 99 | |
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| 100 | First you need to determine the 'Useable size': |
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| 101 | |
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| 102 | - set bordersize to 0% |
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| 103 | - select a graphic which is very tall (i.e. does not fill the complete |
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| 104 | width of a page when magnified to fit on one page) |
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| 105 | - Fit on 1 page |
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| 106 | - select Destination 'Preview' |
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| 107 | - now change 'Useable size' until height fits best |
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| 108 | - control whether this value is also correct for width and/or landscape. It |
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| 109 | is important, that you do NOT use multiple pages when checking this. |
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| 110 | |
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| 111 | Determine whether your fig2dev has the overlap bug: |
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| 112 | |
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| 113 | - disable overlap bug |
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| 114 | - print on 2 vertically arranged pages in portrait mode with ~1.99 rows |
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| 115 | of pages |
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| 116 | - if there is empty space at top of printout and some info is clipped |
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| 117 | at bottom, your fig2dev has the bug |
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| 118 | |
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| 119 | Determine the overlap value used by fig2dev: |
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| 120 | |
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| 121 | - switch to landscape mode |
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| 122 | - print ~1.99 rows of pages |
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| 123 | - adjust overlap percentage until it fits best on two pages |
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| 124 | - check value with ~2.99 rows and ~3.99 rows |
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| 125 | - check value with portrait mode |
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| 126 | |
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| 127 | NOTES The default printer used by ARB can be defined by setting the |
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| 128 | environment variable PRINTER to your printer name. |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | To change the proportion between font- and graphic-size you have to change the |
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| 131 | physical zoom factor (of the radial tree/secondary structure). For dendrogram |
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| 132 | and IRS tree the physical zoom will also affect the relation between |
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| 133 | horizontal branch length and vertical branch distance. |
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| 134 | |
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| 135 | EXAMPLES Print a long list tree: |
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| 137 | 1. Select tree style in ARB_NT main window |
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| 138 | 2. Select File/Print tree |
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| 139 | 3. Select Destination 'Printer' |
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| 140 | 4. Press PRINT button |
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| 141 | |
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| 142 | WARNINGS Printing cannot be stopped |
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| 143 | |
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| 144 | BUGS None |
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