.. index:: Print Network

.. _Print_Network:

Print Network
=============

The print network function can be activated either by selecting the Print Network item from the :ref:`File Menu<file_menu>` or by pressing the print network button (see Figure 1) in the :ref:`Main Window<main_window>` Tool Bar.

.. figure:: images/printnetworktool.png
	:width: 5%

	Figure 1: The print network button from the Main Window Tool Bar.

The :ref:`print<print>` network function prints the network graph of the currently selected :ref:`network window<network_window>` using the print dialog shown in Figure 2.

.. figure:: images/printnetwork.png
 
.. figure:: images/printnetwork1.png

	Figure 2: The General and Network tabs of the print network dialog.

As per default, the network will be printed on a single sheet, making large networks be scaled down. If the scale factor is increased, the network might be too large to fit within the size of a single sheet of the selected media type, and hence will be printed on several sheets (indicated in rows-by-columns format).

Checking the option "include monitors on page" will result in all visible :ref:`monitors<monitor_windows>` in the network being printed as well.

.. figure:: images/printnetwork2.png 

	Figure 3: The Page Setup dialog of the print network dialog.

Selecting the "Write as BMP" item of the :ref:`File Menu<file_menu>`, the network graph can also be printed to a BMP file.