# Printing Multiple Containers **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [July 2, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749 "2012-07-02T20:22:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jerry\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerry\_H](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jerry_H)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/1 "2012-07-02T20:22:13Z")
Is it possible to print multiple containers at one time? If so what would the syntax look like? Such as: job = system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Container\_Page1’)) and system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Container\_Page2’)) and system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Container\_Page3’)) and system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Container\_Page4’)) job.setMargins(0.5) job.zoomFactor = -1.0 job.orientation = system.print.LANDSCAPE job.showPageFormat = 0 job.print() ---
**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/2 "2012-07-02T20:39:24Z")
You can print the root container which contains each sub container. The print function only takes a single component. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerry\_H](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jerry_H)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/3 "2012-07-02T20:41:16Z")
if I print the root container then i can’t read the other containers because they are too small. I have sized the containers to fit the paper size. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerry\_H](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jerry_H)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/4 "2012-07-02T20:48:10Z")
If there a way to print multiple pages of the root container? ---
**Author:** ![James.Lorenz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/james.lorenz/32/3290_2.png) [@James.Lorenz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James.Lorenz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/5 "2012-07-02T22:07:12Z")
Do you mean have one container spread out over multiple pages? If so, that can’t be done, as the system.print.createPrintJob() only handles putting components into one page. There is probably a way it can be done using Java’s API. For more information about using Java in Ignition: [inductiveautomation.com/support/ … g\_java.htm](http://inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/accessing_java.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerry\_H](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jerry_H)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/6 "2012-07-02T22:56:21Z")
Root Container is 1280 x 3000, so it is too big to print on one page . ---
**Author:** ![Michael.Stofan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michael.stofan/32/3342_2.png) [@Michael.Stofan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michael.Stofan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/7 "2012-07-02T23:45:57Z")
Another method would be sequentially printing several containers one after the other. That would be much simpler than messing about with the Java print API… ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jerry\_H](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jerry_H)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/8 "2012-07-03T00:34:19Z")
I am already doing this. See previous post ! Can this be done without having to click the printer button 4 times? ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/printing-multiple-containers/4749/9 "2012-07-03T11:53:50Z")
If you are just sending things to the default printer, then you can turn off the dialog box with the showPrintDialog switch: [code]job = system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent) job.setMargins(0.5) job.zoomFactor = 0.75 job.showPageFormat = 0 job.showPrintDialog = 0 job.print()[/code] Perhaps if you had phrased the part about not wanting to hit the print button… 😉 Of course, if there was a handy append method, that would be cool.