Draft printing documents

Draft printing creates hardcopies of the selected documents on a local printer using the Meridian Asset Management Module viewer. The hardcopies should be considered as draft prints because the output quality is not intended to be equal to that of the native application. The Draft Print command is enabled per view by a system administrator. If the command is not available in a particular view, select a different view or consult a system administrator. Any redlines or (Undefined variable: BlueCielo Variables.MeridianName) watermarks will also be printed.

To draft print documents:

  1. On any view page, select the documents in the results list that you want to draft print.
  2. Right-click any selected document and on the shortcut menu that appears, click Draft Print. The DRAFT PRINT dialog box appears, showing a list of the selected documents and the default printing options that are available for each document.
  3. Set the print options for each document. You may select multiple documents to set the options to the same value.

    Note    
    • The default paper size is set in the RenditionPageSize property of the document. The default orientation is set in the RenditionPageOrientation property of the document.
    • By default, the rendition will be printed. If a document does not have a rendition, it will be skipped. If you enable the Print the native document option, the source document will be printed if one is available, otherwise it will be skipped.
    • The Show printer options before printing option will open the viewer printing options dialog box so that you can set additional printing options. The dialog box is shown once for each printer that is selected in the same batch.
    • If a document has redlines or watermarks, these will also be printed.
    • A document row is grayed out if a document has neither a source file or a rendition available because:
      • The rendition or source file does not exist.
      • The view is configured to show renditions only.
      • You do not have the privileges necessary to view the rendition or source document.
  4. Click DRAFT  PRINT. The documents are printed using the selected options and the DRAFT PRINT dialog box closes.

Related concepts

Working with documents

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Viewing documents

Downloading files

Exporting document metadata

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