Printer Setup
The Printer Setup window is used to specify the
To open the Printer Setup window, click 
on the Control Bar.
Member Designation Label
This section of the Printer Setup window is used to specify what information is automatically printed on the members and how it is printed.
Note: The Member Designation Label defined here is the default one. It may be overridden if different settings are present in Simple's configuration files.
The following options are available:
- Leading End: prints closer to the leading end of the member.
- Trailing End: prints closer to the trailing end of the member.
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Font Size: specifies the size of the text printed.
- Small: allows two line(s) of information to be printed.
- Large: allows only one line of information to be printed (Line 1).
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Line 1 & Line 2: each line can contain a combination of four pieces of information to choose from the following:
- Job: designation of the job the member belongs to
- Truss: designation of the assembly the member is part of
- Member: designation of the member within the assembly
- Type: abbreviated type of member (top/bottom chord, top/bottom plate, web...)
- Length: overall length of the member including any automatic length adjustment
- Nominal Length: overall length of the member as it appears in the job file
- Quantity: member number out of the total quantity of the same member (e.g. "1 of 2")
- Total Quantity: total number of the same member to be cut
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Truss Order: order number of the assembly according to the position of its first occurrence in the job file
Note: sorting the members in the Member List tab based on a particular column will not change the truss order.
- Filename: name of the job file without the extension
Notes:To leave a field empty, click it and press the Delete key, or right-click it and select Delete from the context menu.You can also type in a custom entry in any box that will appear unchanged on all members.
Click 
to apply the changes and close the window.