About viewing pages

When you open a PCL print file with EscapeE you can just view the layout and print sample pages or you can opt to export all or part of a job to another format: see About exporting pages. PDF documents and TIFF images can also be opened and viewed.

You can view the pages at a range of different sizes using the Zoom buttons (see Changing the scale of view) or the menu command, see Choosing the view of the page. If you wish to use the same viewing scale each time you open a file, you can save whichever scale you are currently using and customize some other viewing options, see Configuring the view. Various features help with navigating around the document.

Normally the filename is shown in the title bar of the window. The progress bar on the toolbar shows how far the job has been processed. Document details are shown in the 'Properties' dialogue: click the 'information' icon. Details about the page are displayed in the status bar at the foot of the window, but you can opt to turn this off. To view details about a particular piece of text or a graphic you can right-click on the object.

If your PCL file contains macros which you cannot see on screen, you can opt to view the macros step by step, see Viewing page information.

Normally when the mouse is over the page window the coordinates of the page are displayed. You can change the units of the coordinates or turn this feature off, see Viewing page information.

Many PCL printers do not print exactly to the edge of the paper; EscapeE lets you see if any part of the page will not print. The maximum size of page that EscapeE will display is 32760 pixels wide by 32760 pixels high.

The demonstration version of EscapeE uses Windows TrueType fonts to emulate the resident printer fonts but the production version can be supplied with outline fonts which are a better match.