Print networks in InfoAsset Manager

Set up and print a network view.


Print networks in InfoAsset Manager

Step-by-step guide

InfoAsset Manager offers several printing-related options and settings that are accessible from the File menu.

The File menu expanded, with the print-related options highlighted in red.

The Print command allows you to print the currently active window using the classic printing options.

  1. Select Print.
  2. In the Print dialog, select the Print, Page, and Custom tabs to review the available print settings and preferences.
    In the Print dialog, the Print, Page, and Custom tabs highlighted in red, with the Custom tab selected.
  3. On the Custom tab, change the page title by shortening it to “Malden Network”.
    The Custom tab of the Print dialog, with the Title shortened and highlighted in red.

This tab also provides the option to set up a custom logo for inclusion on each page.

Print preview shows what printed pages will look like and is useful for testing different settings.

  1. Select File > Print preview to open the preview.
    An example of a print preview.

Print layouts provide a flexible method of customizing the printed output. Layouts are edited in the Print Layout View, which is used to position frames of different content types and set frame properties. The frame settings and positions can be saved as a template in the tree view for future use. Print layouts may consist of multiple pages.

  1. To access the Print Layout View, from the File menu, select Print layout.
    An example of a Print Layout View.
  2. In the Print Layout View toolbar, view an existing layout or click New template to load a blank template into the Page pane.
    The Print Layout View toolbar, with New template called out with a red arrow.

To create a print layout:

  1. Drag a frame type or data view, such as the GeoPlan, into the Page pane.
    The Frame Types, with GeoPlan highlighted and added to the page pane.
  2. Click the frame to highlight it.
  3. Drag to reposition the frame.
  4. Drag the handles to resize the frame.
    The page pane, with the GeoPlan frame repositioned and resized, and the handles being dragged to resize the frame again.
  5. Press and hold CTRL to select multiple frames.
    The page pane, with multiple frames selected.
  6. Double-click a selected frame to view its properties.
    The Frame properties dialog.
  7. To save a print layout, on the toolbar, use the Save or Save as tools.
    The Print Layout View toolbar, with Save and Save as highlighted in red.
  8. In the Save print layout as template dialog, specify a name and location to save the print layout to the tree view.
    The Save print layout as template dialog.

To load an existing print layout template:

  1. Select the print layout and drag it from the tree view into the main window.
    The tree view, with an existing print layout template selected and called out with a red arrow and added to the main window.
  2. Alternatively, from the Print Layout View, click Load.
  3. In the Load dialog, select the desired layout.
    On the left, the toolbar, with Load being selected and called out with a red arrow. On the right, the Load dialog, with the Print Layout View selected and highlighted in red.