Printing
Jan 10th 2023
Printing tools provide options to generate output in the form of a hardcopy print or to save and upload a PDF. Output can be created using Forms or using the Print button on the Main Menu.
The Print button on the Main Menu is used primarily to generate map output, such as Site Plans or other maps. When generating Site Plans, the Print menu provides an option to 'Create Site Plan', which adds Soil Boring information to the second page of the output.
Where available, the Site Plan will also include the Parcel Number, Owner Name and Parcel Address for the site. Follow the steps below to create a Site Plan.
1. From the Main Menu select the 'Activate Printing Mode' button. This will open the Printing menu options.
Below is an overview of the Print options.
Creating Output
3. The default option for Printing is a standard map. To add additional formatting features and Soil Borings to the output select the 'Create Site Plan' option.
4. When available, the Site Plan will be auto populated with the Parcel Number, Owner Name and Parcel Address. Each of these can be manually entered or modified using the text entry boxes in the Print Options menu located in the side pane.
Note that a Site Plan PDF or print is two (2) pages, with the second page containing the Soil Boring information.
Soil Borings will only be added to the Site Plan if they are visible in the map display. Also note that the map displayed in the Site Plan is interactive, so it can be repositioned if required using Pan or Zoom.
If the site plan does not fit on the paper the 'Fine Zoom Adjustment' can be used to improve the fit of the site plan to paper.
Printing Forms
Forms are used for data collection and viewing information about a feature, like a Restaurant or Onsite System. Forms can also be printed or saved and uploaded as a PDF.
To print a Form select a mapped feature, such as the Onsite System or Restaurant, and select 'Show Form' to open the corresponding Form. In this example the System point is selected and the System Information Form is opened.
Next, use one of two Print options as described below:
Print Entire Form: to print the entire Form, including any Linked Forms (Inspections, Violations, Buildings, Soil Borings, Applications, Permits, Septic Tanks, etc.), use the Print button located on the side of the Form.
Print a Single Accordion: to print only a Linked Form select the Information Icon at the top right of any Accordion, then select Print. This option will only Print the parent Form information, in this example the System Type and System ID, and the Accordion, in this example the Permit Accordion.
Once in the Print menu you still have the option to remove Accordions that you do not want to print. Each Accordion on the Form has a visibility control when in Print mode that can be toggled on/off.
When the visibility of an Accordion is toggled off, the corresponding Accordion will be grayed out, indicating it will not show up in the final output.
Toggle the visibility on/off to see how it behaves. Also toggle the Map on/off and test the All and None controls to become familiar with how they work.
To create output, select Print or Generate PDF. Note that selecting Generate PDF will also provide the option to Upload and/or Email the PDF. Uploading the PDF will upload the PDF to the corresponding Form.
