Windows printer settings

When printing to a Windows printer, select Windows in the print panel. The printer and printer settings are available from the Windows print panel that appears after clicking the Print button. The print layout settings are available from the print panel.

The rows and columns settings applied to the print request are available on the print panel. Select the number or rows and columns you want to appear on the printed sheet. Note that the images displayed in the print panel do not necessary conform to this setting.

The default Windows printer settings are configurable for each modality type. To modify the built in default values, do the following:

1. Select File/Print to open the Print Panel.

2. Select Windows as the printer type.

3. To configure default settings, click the Settings button. The Windows Printer Settings panel pops up.

   1. In the Settings For list, select the modality. Use Default to configure the system default values.

   2. To use the modality-independent values for the selected modality, check the Use Default Settings box. Otherwise, define the settings for the selected modality. The available settings are:

      1. Cols – number of columns on each sheet of film/paper.

      2. Rows – number of rows on each sheet of file/paper.

4. To override the default rows and columns settings, select them from the Rows and Cols fields on the print panel.

5. Click OK.

To preview the print results, click on the Preview button. In the popup window, select the printer and click on OK. A new popup appears showing you what the results should be on the selected Windows printer. You can either select to continue the print from this point, or cancel out to return to the eRAD PACS print panel and click on Print to execute the print job.