We recommend getting the prints from a professional printing shop. Home printers do not always work as expected for dual-side printing

If you do plan to print these yourself, Please follow all the instructions carefully to achieve the desired printing results. We strongly recommend printing 2-3 pages first to test the printing setup and that dual side printing is working as expected.

Please generate PDFs in the "GENERIC" format with 18 rows and email them to yourself so that they can be printed using any device or printing shop. These reports should be generated for each quarter (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, etc)

General Instructions

This is a guide to print your logbook using the PDF reports generated from Wingman app. These instructions are to be followed when printing for the Smart Logbook Binder.

We recommend printing via a Mac or Windows device as advanced print settings are available. In mobile, printing via Android is possible.  Do not print using iOS devices (iPhones and iPADs). 2-sided printing is not available via an iOS device.

We also recommend printing for each quarter of the year. For example, logbook report should be generated for Jan-Mar, Apr-Sep and so on. 

We have streamlined the process to provide you a single set of instructions to follow for each type of device.

The supported type of report is "Generic". The size of of the paper provided is B5 (176mm x 250mm). Please do not use any other type of report or paper size. We do not guarantee correct prints if these instructions are not followed. 

Requirements before printing

• Printer with 2-sided printing capability for all paper sizes. (some printers have 2-sided capability for A4 size only)
  
• Wingman Android app or PDF being printed via Mac or Windows laptops.
  
• 2-sided printing is not supported via iPAD/iPhone print settings.
  
• Email the file to yourself to print via laptop.
  

Generating the PDF report

1. Generate the "Generic" PDF report from reports page of the app, with  No. of rows as "18"

2. Email the pdf file to yourself to print via MacOS or Windows.

3. To print via Android, follow the steps in "Printing via Android" section

Printing via MacOS

To print with a MacOS device, the printer should already be installed and tested for 2-sided printing

Option 1 (Dual side printing)

1. Open the PDF with the "Preview" app.

2. Select the Print option (command+P)

3. Setup the config as below - 

1. Select the Two-sided checkbox
   
2. Paper size = B5 or ISO B5 
   
3. Orientation = Landscape
   
4. Select "Scale to Fit" option
   
5. Click on "Preview" dropdown and select Layout
   
6. Select "Short-Edge binding" in the "Two-sided" 
   
7. All other options like "flip horizontally" and "Reverse page orientation" should not be selected

4. Double check all settings and match them to screenshots below

5. Test the print with pages range selected as 1-3. Once the prints are confirmed correct, you can go ahead and print further pages

Option 2 (Odd-Even Printing)

Please test by printing a normal test page to see which side of a blank paper does the print come out (top-or bottom). Generally all printers print on the bottom side of the paper when picked up from the tray, but this may not apply to all printers

1. Open the PDF with the "Preview" app.

2. Select the Print option (command+P)

3. Setup the config as below - 

Test the print with pages range selected as 1-3. Once the prints are confirmed correct, you can go ahead and print further pages

1. Ensure "Two-Sided" option is not selected
2. Paper size = B5 or ISO B5 
   
3. Orientation = Landscape
   
4. Select "Scale to Fit" option
   
5. Click on "Preview" dropdown and select "Paper Handling" option
   
6. In "pages to print" option, select "Odd Only"
   
7. In "page order" option, select "Reverse". This will print the pages in reverse order so that first page comes out last and on top
   
8. Ensure the print settings match the screenshot below
   
9. odd only print settings logbook wingman
   

13. Click Print. This should now print the even pages behind on the bottom side of odd pages printed above. 

Printing via Windows

To print with a MacOS device, the printer should already be installed and tested for 2-sided printing

1. Open the PDF with a PDF viewer like Adobe PDF viewer. If opening the PDF in Chrome, please print using the system dialog and not directly via Chrome.

2. Select the Print option (ctrl+P)

3. Select 2-sided printing and click on "preferences" to setup the printing preferences as below

1. Select the "Layout" tab
2. Orientation = Landscape
   
3. Print on Both sides = "Flip on short-edge"
   
4. Select "Paper/Quality" tab
   
5. Select Paper size as B5 or ISO B5
   
6. Press Ok

4. Double check all settings and match them to screenshots below

5. Test the print with pages range selected as 1-3. Once the prints are confirmed correct, you can go ahead and print further pages

Printing via Android

To print with an Android device, you should have a printer available on the same WIFI network or a printer with WIFI-direct printing available

1. Open the PDF in the PDF viewer of your device (Drive pdf viewer, Adobe, etc) 

2. Select the print option from Menu. Select the printer.

3. Configure the print with following settings - 

1. Paper size = ISO B5 or B5
2. Orientation = Landscape
   
3. Color = Color or Black and White
   
4. Two-sided = Short-edge

The print config will look like the screenshot below. Please double check the config before printing

4. Try the print with first 1-3 pages instead of printing all to check if the prints are coming correctly

If you face any issues or have any feedback on the article, please send us an email on support@wingman.zohodesk.com with relevant screenshots