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Printing

DbVisualizer supports printing of graphs and charts. To launch the print dialog, choose Print from the right-click menu. This menu also contains the Print Preview option, which is useful if you want to see what the printout will look like before you actually print.

Printer setup

If you want to set the page orientation (e.g., portrait or landscape) and paper size, you must launch the Printer Setup dialog, using the File → Printer Setup main menu option, before you print. Printing varies widely between platforms, so even though the Print dialog (as opposed to the Printer Setup dialog) on some platforms also lets you choose a page orientation and other options, they may be ignored if specified in that dialog. The only supported way to specify the page orientation and other options is via the Printer Setup dialog.

Printing a chart

For a chart, DbVisualizer launches the platform's native Print dialog, so it looks different on different platforms. The two options available on all platforms are a choice of printer and the page range. On some platforms, the dialog may offer additional options, but they may be ignored by DbVisualizer. Use the Printer Setup dialog to set other options besides which printer to use and the page range, as described above.

Printing a graph

Printing a graph adds a custom dialog before the native Print dialog is displayed. You can specify the number of rows (pages) and columns (pages) that the complete image will be split into. You can also select whether the view as it appears on the screen or the complete graph should be printed. If you run a dark theme, you are presented with an option to Use Light Theme (good for printing on white paper).

When you click OK, the native Print dialog is displayed, where you can select the printer.

Printing a chart scales the chart to the size of the paper.

Printing a grid

Printing a grid is not supported directly in DbVisualizer. A convenient way to do this is to use Open in Web Browser or Open Selection in Web Browser, and then use the web browser to print the result.

Right-click a graph and choose Print → Print Preview feature to preview what the printout will look like before you actually print it.

Preview of printing graph in DbVisualizer