Configuring Trend Printing Options

You can configure options that determine how a trend is printed.

To configure historical trend printing

1. Open WindowMaker.

2. On the File menu, click Configure, and then click Historical Logging.

   The Historical Logging configuration screen appears.

3. Select the Printing control tab.

   

4. Specify the percentage of the page to print the trend in the Default % of page to print on box.

   If you enter 50, the trend is printed on half of the page vertically and horizontally. A trend printed at 50 percent takes much less time to print than a full-page trend.

   As a printing alternative, you can use the PrintWindow() QuickScript function.

5. In the Max consecutive time to spend printing box, type the process time slice in milliseconds.

   A time slice represents the period allocated to the computer processor to run the print module process in the foreground and print the trend. A longer time slice enables the trend to be printed more quickly at the expense of other processes running on the computer.

6. In the Time to wait between printing box, type the time in milliseconds the print module waits between processor time slices.

   A shorter waiting period between processor time slices enables the trend to be printed more quickly.

7. From the Font dropdown list, select the Printer Font characteristics appearing in a trend.

8. Select the check box Always use color when printing for a colored print.

9. Click Save.