Printing a report from the Paper Design or Paper Layout view Printing a report from the Previewer Printing a report from your Web browser

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4.7.17.1 Printing a report from the Paper Design or Paper Layout view

To print a report from the Paper Design or Paper Layout view:

1. In the Paper Design view or Paper Layout view choose File Print.

2. In the Print dialog box, type the number of pages and copies you want to print.

3. Click OK.

See also Section 4.7.16.2, Displaying report output in the Paper Design view

4.7.17.2 Printing a report from the Previewer

To print a report from the Previewer: 1. In the Previewer, click the Page Setup button in the toolbar to verify your printer setup. 2. Click the Print button in the toolbar. 3. In the Print dialog box, specify the pages and copies you want to print. If the report has a Destination Type of Screen set by system parameter DESTYPE, a warning displays to run the report with a Destination Type of Preview before printing. Preview creates PostScript output, which is typically more desirable for printing bit-mapped reports.

4. Click OK.

See also Section 4.7.16.3, Displaying report output in the Previewer

4.7.17.3 Printing a report from your Web browser

To print a report from your Web browser:

1. If your report is formatted with HTML style sheet extensions HTMLCSS, set up

your browser to print the HTML document in the same way the report is paginated: ■ In your browser, choose File Page Setup and modify the margin settings as desired. ■ In the Object Navigator, under the Paper Layout node, double-click the Header Section, Main Section, or Trailer Section properties icon for the pertinent report section Header, Main, or Trailer to display the Property Inspector by default, a report is defined in the Main Section. ■ In the Property Inspector, under the Section node, set the Width and Height properties as desired for example, 11 or 15 width x 8.5 height for landscape or 8.5 width x 11 or 15 height for portrait. Make sure that you subtract the margin depths for example, for an 8.5 x 11 page with top, bottom, left, and right margins of .25, set Width to 8 and Height to 10.5. Note: Formatting with style sheet extensions paginates the HTML document in the same way the report is paginated; formatting without style sheet extensions generates HTML output that does not break between the pages of the report. How To... 4-47 2. Display your report output in your Web browser see Section 4.7.16.4, Displaying report output in your Web browser .

3. Choose File Print.

See also Section 1.2.2, About Web Reports Section 2.2.2, About previewing JSP-based Web reports Section 2.2.11, About style sheets

4.7.17.4 Printing a report on a preprinted form