<chapter id="usage-print">
<title>Printing with Evolution</title>
<para>
  This is a very short chapter, because printing with
  <application>Evolution</application> is not a complex task.  Like
  most GNOME applications, <application>Evolution</application> uses
  the gnome-print system, so if you've used any other GNOME
  application to print, you should be able to print from
  <application>Evolution</application> immediately.
</para>
<para>
  Whether you're printing a message, a calendar page, or a selection
  of address cards, you can choose to print directly to a printer, or
  save the print output to a postscript file.  You can also use the
  preview feature to see how your printed output will look.
</para>

  <sect1 id="printpreview">
    <title>Print Preview</title>
    <para>
      <guibutton>Print Preview</guibutton>, appears both as a button
      in the printing dialog and as an item in the
      <guimenu>File</guimenu> menu.  In both places, it does the same
      thing: it opens a new window that displays an image of the current
      message, calendar, appointment, or address card.
    </para>
    <para>
      That window allows you to select which pages you want to see,
      and how close you'd like to look at them.  Zoom in or out, fit
      the page to the window (<guibutton>Fit</guibutton>) or match the
      width of the page and the window (<guibutton>Fit
      Width</guibutton>).  If you're satisfied with the way it looks,
      click <guibutton>Print</guibutton> to send your document on its way.
    </para>


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      <figure id="print-preview">
	  <title>Print Preview</title>
	  <screenshot>
	    <screeninfo>Print Preview</screeninfo>
	    <graphic fileref="fig/print-preview" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
	</graphic>
	</screenshot>
      </figure>
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  </sect1>

  <sect1 id="print-destination">
    <title>File or Printer?</title>
    <para>
       The printer selection window, shown in <xref
       linkend="print-dest">, lets you choose the format for
       printing&mdash; at this time, only <guilabel>Generic
       Postscript</guilabel> is available&mdash; and whether to print
       to a file or to an actual printer.  If you choose a printer,
       you'll be asked for the printer command (probably
       <guilabel>lpr</guilabel>) which your system uses.  If you
       choose to print to a file, you'll need to decide upon a
       filename.  And of course, you'll want to choose a number of
       copies, and whether to collate them.
    </para>

 <!-- ==============Figure=================================== -->
 
      <figure id="print-dest">
	  <title>Choosing a Printer</title>
	  <screenshot>
	    <screeninfo>Choosing a Printer</screeninfo>
	    <graphic fileref="fig/print-dest" format="png" srccredit="Aaron Weber">
	</graphic>
	</screenshot>
      </figure>
<!-- ==============End of Figure============================== -->

   <para>
     If you're printing a message that's more than one page, you'll
     have the option of choosing which pages to print.  If you're
     printing a calendar entry, you can decide what range of dates to
     print.  And, if you're printing contact cards, you can decide
     whether to print only the selected cards, or all of them.
   </para>
    <para>
      When you're ready, click <guibutton>Print</guibutton> to print,
      <guibutton>Preview</guibutton> to have a look (or another look)
      at the preview, or <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton> to cancel the
      whole deal.
    </para>
  </sect1>
</chapter>