Printing

Ghidra includes printing support that allows disassembled code to be printed using the same formatting as the code browser. Printing can be limited to the current view, the current selection, or code currently on the screen in the code browser. Printed code will appear with the same fonts, colors, and spacing as code on the screen.

To Print:

1. You can optionally specify page settings (paper size, orientation, margins, etc.). To do this, select File Page Setup... from the code browser tool.
2. To print, select File Print...
3. Select the content to print as well as other printing options in the dialog that appears. Click "OK" when finished.
4. Select printer-specific options in the printing dialog that appears. Click "OK" to begin printing.

The Page Setup Dialog

When page setup is selected from the File menu, the standard page setup dialog is displayed. The exact appearance of this dialog is platform dependent and will vary based on the operating system used. The above image is an example of how this dialog appears on Windows XP.

Generally, the page setup dialog will allow you to specify the paper size, orientation, and margin. Margins will automatically be adjusted to fit the specified paper and printer.

The Print Options Dialog

When you select Print from the File menu, a dialog with basic options is displayed. This dialog allows you to choose what to print, including whether to put headers and footers on each page. You can choose to print the current selection (if there is a current selection), the code currently visible in the code browser, or all code in the current view. You will be prompted later to choose specific page ranges.

The print options dialog also includes an option to print the code in monochrome. When selected, this option will cause all text to be printed as solid black. For printers that do not print color or do not produce good grayscale, it may be useful to enable this option.

The Print Dialog

Finally, the print dialog is displayed. This generally allows you to select and configure the printer and choose copies and page ranges. As with page setup, this dialog varies on different platforms. The above example was taken with Windows XP.

Printing

Once printing starts, a task dialog is displayed showing current progress. You may notice that the progress meter seems to indicate that the same page is printed multiple times even when only one copy is specified. This is normal behavior. The print job can be cancelled at any time by pressing the cancel button, although pages already sent to the printer cannot be stopped.