Printing and Capturing Screenshots

To print the contents in the window or other plot windows, click the button (

) on the Graphics window toolbar or press Ctrl+P.

In the dialog box, follow these steps:

Under , from the list, select to use the current size of the window. Of the settings below, only the and check boxes are then available. Alternatively, select or to set the print size and resolution manually. Choosing provides default settings identical to those used when creating an image snapshot for web use.

Select a to define the image size: (the default for print), , or (the default for web).

Select the check box to maintain the calculation of the width and height (if one or the other is changed).

Enter the and in the units selected for the image.

Enter the for the image in DPI (dots per inch) as a value between 10 and 1200 DPI. The default value is 300 DPI for print and 96 DPI for web.

Under these settings, the dialog box shows the resulting image size and the size on the screen in pixels.

The check box is cleared by default. Select it to add a zoom to extents before printing.

The check box is cleared by default. Click to select if required. Antialiasingminimizes distortion such as jagged edges in the image.

Under , the , , , and check boxes are selected by default to display the information on the screenshot if you select the check box. You can then also edit the selections for including these parts of the plot.

Enter a size in points (pt) as a number between 1 and 1000 pt. The default value is 9 pt.

Select a : or . Current is the background color in the plot window on the COMSOL Desktop. For , click the button to select a custom color from the color palette that opens.

Click to print the contents of the plot window. Typically the operating system’s dialog box first opens for selecting a printer, the number of copies, and other printer settings.

For generating snapshots of a plot window to a file or the clipboard, click the button (

) in the window toolbar (see below).