You have the ability to print Gantt charts to use as referable hard copies on the production shop floor. This feature supports customizing the format and content, and offers a print preview. You can specify:

• Date and time range

• The level of job and operation details, or resource levels

• Snapshot view of the Gantt chart

• Number of jobs or resources to avoid a cluttered display.

   To print a Gantt chart directly from the Job or Resource Workbench:

1. Select Print from the File menu to display the Print window.

   This window contains two tabbed areas: one for Print options and one for Page Setup.

2. In the Print Option tab, choose one of the options:

   • Screen snapshot: Prints the view exactly as it appears on the visible area of the screen.

   • Print options: Options are provided to print the number of records, level of detail, and time line.

3. If you chose Print options, you have the option to enter a value for the number of records printed.

   • For the Job Workbench, enter a value in the Number of Jobs box. Printing begins with the first job displayed on the Gantt chart.

   • For the Resource Workbench, select either All selected resources - or enter a value in the Number of Resources box. Printing begins with the first resource displayed on the Gantt chart.

4. In the Expand Level box, select the level of detail you want on the output.

   • For the Job Workbench, the levels are:

     • Collapse all: Displayed jobs are not expanded to other levels.

     • Expand all to Operations level: Jobs are expanded to the operation level.

     • Expand all to Resource level: Jobs are expanded down to the operation and resource levels.

   • For the Resource Workbench, the levels are:

     • Collapse all: Displayed resources are not expanded to other levels.

     • Expand all to Resource Instance level: Resources are expanded down to the resource instance level.

5. Choose a time line for the data on this report. Choices are:

   • Months

   • Weeks

   • Days

   • Hours

   • 30 Minutes

   • 15 Minutes

6. If you are printing the Gantt chart from the Resource Workbench, in the Date Range region, select Enable Date Selection to consider dates in your print version.

7. Choose one of the date options:

   • Number of days forward: Enables you to enter days forward from the current date to consider in the print output.

   • Date: Enables you to enter a date range in the Start and End date fields.

8. In the Page Setup tab, select the paper format orientation. Choices are Portrait or Landscape.

9. In the Paper Size for preview box, select a paper size for the Preview print option.

10. In the Manual scaling box, you can scale your Gantt chart printing by selecting a size of the original chart. This can be useful when charts contain great amounts of data, and you want to print on one paper size. You can:

    • Fit to page width

    • Fit to page height

    • Choose a value from 10% to 500% of the original chart

11. You can choose a print order for Gantt charts spanning multiple pages. Choices are:

    • Print rows first: Divide the output by printing all the rows first, then the corresponding columns

    • Print columns first: Divide the output by printing all the columns first, then corresponding rows

12. Choose Preview to access the Print Preview window. This enables you to view on screen your the result of your print selections, and return to the Print window to change settings.

13. Choose Print to print your Gantt chart.