Printer or Plotter setup

The Viewer allows you to configure printer or plotter specific settings. This is includes selecting a specific printer or a plotter and controlling print quality mode, plotter pens, paper size etc. To do this, select the "File->Print->Printer Setup" option from the menu.

The Compass Printer. It is important to understand that plotting cave plots is different from other printing tasks on your computer. For example, you may be using a plotter for your cave plots, but you would never use a plotter for word processing. For this reason, the Viewer allows you to pick a default printer that is different from your normal Windows default printer. You do this by selecting the printer as described above and then using the Save User Defaults options. See the discussion on Printer Setup Problems for more detailed information.