diff --git a/source/maintainer-guide/installing/index.rst b/source/maintainer-guide/installing/index.rst index 31cbdd27..499d5688 100644 --- a/source/maintainer-guide/installing/index.rst +++ b/source/maintainer-guide/installing/index.rst @@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ There is different ways to install |project_name|: installing-index.rst -After installing the application, you can can configure the following: +After installing the application, you can configure the following: .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 configuring-database.rst - loading-samples.rst customizing-data-directory.rst using-multinode-mode.rst + map-print-setup.rst + loading-samples.rst \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/source/maintainer-guide/installing/map-print-setup.rst b/source/maintainer-guide/installing/map-print-setup.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2f9613dd --- /dev/null +++ b/source/maintainer-guide/installing/map-print-setup.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. _ map-print-setup: + + +Configuring printing of the map +############################### + +This section describes how to configure the options to print maps. Printing a map generates a +pdf file on the server which is downloaded by the client to be send to a printer. +During pdf creation map data is downloaded from various sources to be included in the pdf. + +GeoNetwork needs to be able to access the external resource. Set up a webproxy in `system settings` +if your network requires a webproxy to be set up to access the internet. + +Locate the file `WEB-INF/config-print/print-config.yaml`, this configuration file has a lot of options to customise the print options. Read more about the various parameters at http://www.mapfish.org/doc/print/configuration.html + + +The folder contains 3 template files: + +- `template.pdf` and `template-landscape.pdf` which are used to generate the map viewer pdf + +- `template-thumbnail.pdf` which is used to build a thumbnail in the metadata editor (see :ref:`linking-thumbnail-from-wms`). + + +These templates are created by exporting pdf from the included `template.odf` file in the folder. + + +