Understanding Page Tiling - Autodesk AUTOSKETCH 8 User Manual

To print a drawing using the current settings
1 On the File menu, click Print. The Print dialog box appears.
2 Click OK.
OR
Click the Print button on the Standard toolbar.
To cancel printing
Press ESC.

Understanding Page Tiling

If you create a drawing that is larger than a single printer page, AutoSketch
automatically tiles it across multiple pages. This gives you the flexibility to
generate large output on any printer. AutoSketch prints tick marks to indicate
the margins on tiled output. Before connecting the printed pages together,
you must first cut away the margin area indicated by the tick marks.
For example, let's assume you have created a drawing using an 11'' x 17'' page
with a landscape orientation. However, your printer only supports 8.5'' x 11''
pages. In addition, you discover that there is a .25'' wide margin at all sides
of the printer page that the printer can't print on. This means that you only
have an active printing area of 8'' x 10.5''.
Fortunately, AutoSketch can print this drawing using four printer pages tiled
together. When you print the drawing, four pages emerge from your printer.
Tick marks at the corners indicate the printable area and margins for each
printer page. These serve as a guide for splicing the pages together.
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