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With the Information Manager, you can print parts of a book or as much as an entire bookcase. You can also easily specify which printer to use or a file to which you want to print.

You may print only those documents for which you are licensed.

To perform quick printing (without using the Print dialog box), click the Print button on the Book List window or the Reading window. You can also choose Print from the File menu of the Book List window or the Browser menu of a Reading window.

To print using the Print dialog box, choose Print... from the File menu of the Book List window or the Browser menu of a Reading window. When you do this, the Information Manager displays the Print dialog, as shown in the following figure.

## Print Dialog

The Print dialog box contains the following buttons:

Print

- Sends the selected section(s) to the designated printer or file.

Setup...

- Displays the Print Setup window. From this window, you can set printer-specific options and define both Printer and Job options.

Cancel

- Cancels the print operation and closes the Print dialog box.

Help

- Displays help information about the Print dialog box.

For more information on printing from the Information Manager, see:

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## Printing an Individual Section

To quick print the section you are currently reading, click on the Print button or choose Print from the Browser menu. The Information Manager prints the section without displaying the Print dialog box.

To print the current section using the Print dialog box:

1. Choose Print... from the Browser menu. The Information Manager displays the Print dialog box with the section you are currently reading selected.

2. In the What to Print area, make sure the Sections radio button is selected.

3. To print the section to a file, click on the Print to File radio button. Type the path name for the file in the input area or click on the Select File... button to browse for the path and file name.

   To print the section directly to a printer, make sure the Print to Printer radio button is selected.

   For more information, see INFOUG.Printing.mkr.8.

4. Click Print to print the selected section.

## Printing Multiple Sections

You can print multiple sections from either the Reading window or the Book List window.

### From the Reading Window

To print from the Reading window:

1. Choose Print... from the Browser menu. The Information Manager displays the Print dialog box.

2. In the What to Print area of the Print dialog, click the Hierarchy radio button. This instructs the Information Manager to print the current section and all its subordinate sections.

   For more information, see INFOUG.Printing.mkr.7.

3. To print the sections to a file, click on the Print to File radio button. Type the path name for the file in the input area or click on the Seclect File button to browse for the path and file name.

   To print the sections directly to a printer, click on the Print to Printer radio button.

   For more information, see INFOUG.Printing.mkr.8.

4. Click on Print to print the selected sections.

### From the Book List Window

To print from the Book List window:

1. In the Book List window, hold down the Control key and click on the names of the sections to print.

   To select a range of contiguous sections, hold down the Shift key while dragging the pointer over the section names.

   To deselect a section, hold down the Control key and click on the section’s name.

2. Choose Print... from the File menu. The Information Manager displays the Print dialog box.

3. In the What to Print area of the Print dialog, click the Sections radio button.

   You cannot click the Hierarchy radio button with multiple sections selected from the Book List.

   For more information, see INFOUG.Printing.mkr.7.

4. To print the sections to a file, click on the Print to File radio button. Type the path name for the file in the input area or click on the Select File... button to browse for the path and file name.

   To print the sections directly to a printer, click on the Print to Printer radio button.

   For more information, see INFOUG.Printing.mkr.8.

5. Click on Print to print the selected sections.

To quick print multiple sections from the Book List window (that is, without using the Print dialog box):

1. Select the sections to print, as described above.

2. Click on the Print button or choose Print from the File menu. The Information Manager prints the section without displaying the Print dialog box.

## Specifying What to Print

With the Information Manager, you can specify whether to print a single section, a number of noncontiguous sections, or a group or related sections. To do this, you use the What to Print area of the Print dialog.

To specify that you want to print a single section or several noncontiguous sections (available when initiating the print feature through the Book List), click on the Sections radio button.

To print a section and its subordinate sections, click on the Hierarchy radio button.

When you click on Hierarchy, the Number of Sections area of the Print dialog changes to indicate how many sections are included in that hierarchy.

## Specifying Where to Print

You can send selected sections or books directly to a printer, or you can save the sections in a PostScript file for later printing.

### Printing Directly to a Printer

To print directly to a printer:

1. Click on the Printer Name radio button.

   The Printer Name input area contains the X Printer Specifier of the printer to be used for the print job. The X Printer Specifier is an identifier that uniquely identifies an X Printer. The format of this specifier is:

       printerName@host:display.screen

   The .screen portion is optional.

2. Use the printer whose name is displayed, or select a different printer by clicking on the Select Printer... button and using the printer selection dialog.

### Printing to a File

To print to a file:

1. Click on the Print To File radio button.

2. Type the name of the file to receive the PostScript output. You can also select the directory and file by clicking on the File Selector... button and using the file selection dialog.