F.A.Q
Interleaf QuickSilver
How to print a QuickSilver document ?
To print a document:
- To print an open document, choose Print from the File menu.
Or click the Print tool on the Text tool bar.
To print closed documents or books, select the ones to print and choose Print from the File menu.
The Print dialog box appears. - Make sure the printer you want to use appears in the Printer Name box.
- Make any desired changes to the available options.
- Click Print.
NOTE: The Print Properties dialog box is not available when you print a book because print properties relate to individual documents.
To print only the current page:
- To print only the current page, in an open document, open the Print dialog box.
- Make sure the printer you want to use appears in the Printer Name box.
- From the Pages menu, choose Current.
- Click Print.
To print a range of pages:
- To print a range of pages in an open document, open the Print dialog box.
- Make sure the printer you want to use appears in the Printer Name box.
- From the Pages menu, choose Range.
- In the From and To text boxes, enter the range of pages to be printed.
- Click Print.
Creating a WorldView or EPS File
You can send your output directly to a WorldView or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file instead of to a printer. A WorldView file (formerly called a Printerleaf file) is an Interleaf page description language file created from a document.
To create a WorldView or EPS file:
- Open the Print dialog box.
- Click the WorldView File button.
Or click the EPS File button. - Check the Directory box to verify the directory to which the WorldView or EPS file is sent, usually the current directory.
- Click Print.
Unless you changed the pathname in the Directory box, the file is saved in the container where the original document is located. If you do not have write permission for that container (or for the container you specified), the file is saved on your QuickSilver desktop.
To Create a PCL or PostScript File
You can configure your system to send QuickSilver files directly to a PCL or PostScript file on your QuickSilver desktop instead of to a printer.
To create a PCL or PostScript file:
- Use the Print Setup dialog box to add a PCL or PostScript printer, with Print To set to File.
- Open the document, or select the object(s) to be printed, and choose Print from the File menu.
The Print dialog box appears. - On the Printer Name menu, click the arrow to select your PCL or PostScript printer.
- Click Print.
To Set Printer Options
Each printer has several device-specific options that you can set by using the Set Printer Options dialog box. This dialog box appears when you click the Set Printer Options button on the Add sheet of the Print Setup dialog box.
To set printer options:
- From the File menu, choose Print Setup.
The Change sheet of the Print Setup dialog box appears. - Select the Add button.
The Add sheet appears. - Click the Set Printer Options button.
The Set Printer Options dialog box appears. - In the Printer Option list box, select a printer option you want to view or change.
The available settings appear in the Available box in the Option Settings area of the dialog box. The default setting appears in the Default Setting list box. - To make a setting unavailable, click the setting in the Available column.
For example, if your printer does not have an A4 paper tray, you may want to disable the A4 paper size option. - Make sure the setting you want as the default for the selected Printer Option appears in the Default Setting list box.
- Select and change any other options you want to set or disable.
- Click OK on the Set Printer Options dialog box.
- Click Apply on the Add sheet of the Print Setup dialog box.
To Change Document Printing Properties
Use the Print Properties dialog box to hide text attributes you do not want to print, or to change a document's page orientation.
To change print properties:
- In an open document, choose Printing from the Properties menu.
The Print Properties dialog box opens. - Make your changes in the dialog box.
Selecting a text property (underlines, strikethroughs, deletion markers, or revision bars) makes the property visible when the document is printed. Deselecting a text property hides it when the document is printed. - If you select Underlines, select either Baseline or Descender to print the underlines at the baseline or the descender of the font.
- Click OK, then close the Print dialog box.
The changes you apply to the document are saved when you save the document.
To Troubleshoot Printing Problems
Use the following information to correct two common printing problems: improper directory permissions and book printing error messages.
Improper Directory Permissions
To check directory permissions:
For the Print command to work, permissions must be set correctly for your home directory, desktop directory, and .deskprint directory.
- Make sure your home directory has permissions set so that group and others have at least search permission, for example, rwx -- x -- x.
- Make sure your desktop directory has permissions set so that group and others have at least search permission.
- Make sure your .deskprint directory (a hidden directory located in your desktop directory) has permissions set so that all users have read, write, and search permissions, for example rwxrwxrwx.
If permissions on your desktop or .deskprint directory are not set correctly, you will not always get a message, and your document will not print. If you are having problems printing, make sure permissions are set correctly.
Book Printing Error Messages
In addition to operating system error messages, you may see one of the following Interleaf-specific Book Printing error messages and the solutions:
- Book Printing Error Number 1- Invalid option. While running the Book Printing Utility from the command line, you specified invalid arguments.
- Book Printing Error Number 2- No input file specified. While running the Book Printing Utility from the command line, you failed to specify an input file. Run the utility again and specify the input file.
- Book Printing Error Number 3- Cannot open input file. Either the input file does not exist or you lack permission to open it.
- Book Printing Error Number 4- Invalid WorldView file. The file you specified while running the Book Printing Utility from the command line is not a WorldView file.
- Book Printing Error Number 5- Corrupted WorldView file. The file you have specified is corrupted. Try creating a new WorldView file.
- Book Printing Error Number 6- Cannot create output file. Either the .deskprint directory is full or you lack permissions to it. Check the permissions
and space in the .deskprint directory. - Book Printing Error Number 7- Out of memory. The Book Printing Utility lacks memory. Close other applications that are running on your workstation.
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