Defining additional formats for the printable area

Formats for the printable area (forms) for use with Windows drivers are not defined in Allplan, but at the operating system level.

• To define additional formats for the printable area, you need to be logged on as a user with administrator privileges or as the system administrator.

To define new forms under Windows XP/Vista/7

1. Click Start at the lower border of the viewport, click Control Panel and then select Devices and Printers or Printers and Faxes.
2. Select a printer and click Print Server Properties on the menu bar or click Server Properties on the File menu.
3. Select the Forms tab and select the Create a new form check box.
4. Enter a Form name and enter values to define the size of the new form in the Paper size area.
5. Click Save and then OK.
   

Forms are usually device-independent and available on all printers (provided the form is not larger than the printable area of the device). Some printers (e.g. OCE), however, manage forms on a device-specific basis.

To define new forms on a device-specific basis

1. Click Start on the Windows start menu and click Devices and Printers.
2. Select the desired printer and click Properties on the File menu.
   The steps that follow vary depending on the selected printer. For example, you will see a tab called Paper Size or Details or there may be a button called Settings which you need to click.

Notes:

• The value you enter for Height should be larger than the Width value.
• Enter 0 for all settings in the Printer Area Margins area.
  The printer driver will automatically subtract the margins from the Height and Width values.
• The width of forms for paper rolls/DesignJet should not exceed 914 mm.
• With some printer drivers, the forms defined under Server Properties are not immediately presented.
• With the latest HP DesignJet drivers, user-defined forms can be used as a custom size.
• With certain drivers (Oce, for example) the form is generally created with the document defaults.