Using Portal Print Service

Portal Print Service (delivered with Geospatial Portal) extends printing capabilities of the local printing in Geospatial Portal by enhancing template functionality. The enhanced template functionality of Portal Print Service provides an extended list of attributes you can set. The differences between the Local Print Service and Portal Print Service are shown in the table below:


	Local Print Service	Portal Print Service
Common Options
Format	PNG	PDF ; PNG ; XPS ; GIF ; JPEG ; TIFF ; BMP
Template	Local ( simple non editable template)	Sample landscape template with all data filled ; Sample portrait template with all data filled ;
Page size	A4 ; A3 ; A5 ; A6 ; A7 ; A8 ; A9; A10 ; B4 ; B5 ; B6 ; B7 ; B8 ; B9 ; B10 ; US Letter ; US Legal ; US Executive	A3 ; A4 ; A5
Orientation	Portrait ; Landscape	Depends on selected template (Landscape or Portrait)
Scale	Any	Predefined scale selectable from the pull down list
Template Options
DPI	96 ;150	NA
Title	No	Yes
Overview map	No	Yes
Display legend	No	Yes
Coordinate system	No	Yes
Date	No	Yes
Details	No	Yes

Legend (user can decide which map layers appear in the legend)	No	Yes

In order to print a map using Portal Print Service:

Register Portal Print Service in Geospatial Portal.
1. Open New Data Source dialog.
2. Select Print Service connector.
3. Provide the URL to the Portal Print Service.
4. Close New Data Source dialog.
On the Tools tab, click Print Map .
Ensure that on the Print service pull down list in the Print Map dialog the Portal Print Service is selected. If not, select the Portal Print Service from the list.
The Print map dialog box is displayed, and a red semi-translucent rectangle appears on the map. The rectangle shows the area to be printed.
Set the map view you want to print in the map window.
Set the options on the Print Map dialog box:
- Common Option tab:
  - Print service – Select Portal Print Service (external print service link).
  - Format – Offered by the selected template graphic file type in which the map you are printing will be saved.
  - Template – Template offered by the service.
  - Page size – Page size offered by the selected template.
  - Orientation – Print orientation offered by the selected template. (Orientation in Portal Print Service is related to the template and cannot be changed.)
  - Scale – Scale offered by the selected template. A predefined scale list is available.
- Template Options tab:
  Data provided for the attributes listed below will appear on the print.
  
  Options offered by the selected template:
  - Address
  - Title
  - Overview
  - Display legend
  - Coordinate system
  - Date
  - Details
- Legend tab
  The Legend tab is used to select the layers that appear in the printed legend provided that selected elements appear on the map. In case some elements are selected on the Legend tab but corresponding layers are not displayed on the map (turned off in the Map Content), these elements will not appear on the print in the Legend section.
Click Print.

Sample output: