Preparing the Printout
Opening and Editing the Printer Layout

To access the Printer Layout, first open a sample and then change to the Printer Layout:

• Select and double-click the sample in the Browser. The (screen) report for the sample appears.

• Click the Printer Layout icon on the Method toolbar to change to the Printer Layout. The Printer Layout of the corresponding report definition file (RDF) is opened, i.e., the Preferred RDF File of the sequence to which the sample belongs.

 Note: 

If you open the report definition file in the Browser, e.g. by double-clicking, the Printer Layout is opened with the data that were saved last. In this case, it is not possible to load the desired sample data.

The Printer Layout consists of several (work)sheets. To change to a different sheet, click its tab on the bottom edge. The 'default' report definition contains, for example, an Integration tab, a Calibration (Curr. Peak) tab, and a Calibration (Batch) tab. The area of the single sheets is virtually unlimited in horizontal and vertical direction. However, depending on the amount of information, it may comprise different print pages. The different sheets comprise chromatograms, tables, diagrams, calibration curves, or other elements indicating the corresponding values of the current sample.

If you need more variables, chromatograms, tables, etc. than those available in the open Report Definition File, you can insert them into the existing worksheets.

Or else, create a new worksheet:

• Enable Layout Mode on the Edit menu.

• Select Insert Sheet on the Edit menu. An additional worksheet appears before the open sheet.

For information about how to edit existing worksheets, refer to:

 Inserting a Chromatogram

 Inserting a Plot

 Inserting and Deleting Individual Variables

 Inserting Text

In addition, you can insert tables in the Printer Layout. For more information, refer to Creating and Using Report Tables  Creating Report Tables for the Printout.