E-mail your plot files overnight and Specprint will plot them and deliver them to you in the morning. Formats for image files can be specified in either TIFF (monochrome), BMP, JPEG, or PNG (using an. For the convenience of our customers SpecPrint also has modem and e-mail capabilities. Converted when a save format is R14/LT98/97 or later. Specprint can read your files from disk or tape. Continue in the do loop until all the records have been processed.Quit arcplot and issue the HPGL2 command on the plot file and write the results to a new directory named /specsend/hp(map number).Plot all the arcs and annotations from the required coverages.Create the 1040 graphics file named plt(plus the map number).Initiate an Arcplot do loop until the entire field is read. Open the file, read a record and substring out the required fields.Ĥ. (note: you can use the find command and pipe the results to a file named holdla.(username) ).ģ.
Use AIX commands to create a file that contains the full pathnames of each coverage that you will send to SpecPrint. Don't forget to tell us how many copies you need and on what type of paper you need them on. Be sure to include your name and a phone number where we can reach you in the e-mail. Make sure you give the file a name and a location in the PLOT dialog box. plt file choose the plotter you just set up to print to. Assign the plotter a name and click on NEXT. At ports dialog box choose PLOT TO FILE and then click on NEXT.ĩ. When Import Pcp or PC2 box opens click on NEXT.Ĩ.
When the Driver Information box opens click on CONTINUE.ħ. At plotter model page choose HEWLETT-PACKARD for manufacturer and DESIGNJET 2000CP C4703A for model. At begin page choose MY COMPUTER and click on NEXT.ĥ. When plotter manager opens double click on ADD A PLOTTER WIZARD.Ĥ. In the drop down menu click on PLOTTER MANAGER.Ģ.
Autocad R14 had a way to create and configure print drivers for jpeg. Where does the drawing get the old name from if it isn't the default AutoCAD plotter and the old printer isn't listed in the Page Setup listing? I've even opened the drawing file in Notepad to see if the old printer's name is still stored somewhere in the drawing data - it isn't. Many of our user use so-called virtual printers which instead of sending their. But then when I try to use another script in MultiBatch to actually plot the drawings it brings up the old plotter's name as the plotter it is looking for and since it no longer exists, the script crashes. When I open the drawing/s and check the Page Layouts the new plotter is the default one. This time after your earlier guidance I have used DWG TrueView's Convert feature to firstly delete the existing plotter name from the Page Setups by setting Saved Printer to "None" then used your suggestion of scripting firstly the _Psetupin command to import the new Plotter name from a reference dwg file located in the Support folders for AutoCAD then using the _-Plot command to make the new printer the current one without proceeding to actually plot the drawing, just save it with the new plotter name saved in the Page Layouts. Like before I have to convert our older drawings so that they have the new printer name saved in the Page Setups. It's been a while since I posted but just like last time they have moved our office which has meant a change bin the Printer Names. In your case, I would just script the -PLOT command, it's probably the easiest way to make this change.Hi Rick, Like others I ask the question why Autodesk can't let the user decide which will become the substitute plotter rather than just sticking in "None"? If they can incorporate a tool in DWG TrueView which allows you to substitute the default plotter in the page setup with "None" using a checkboxwhy can't they let you substitute with a plotter of your choosing?īut there is no need for it when you keep the same name for your PC3 files. I tried using the tools in DWG Trueview 2010's Conversion tool to replace the Page Setups stored in the Drawing Files with one saved in a new drawing which had the new plotter set as the default plotter, but all it did was to add a new setup to each drawing with the new plotter rather than REPLACE the existing page setup like it was supposed to do, and so the old setup called *Model is still the default and when I try to batch plot the drawings it still comes up with cannot find plotter, "None" substituted in its place. Like "Lostinusa" we replaced our plotter and so now some old drawings don't recognise the new plotter. You helped me last time with some plotting problems so I'll try again.