Problems printing directly to plotter

[rudybeuc@gmail.com]

So I have what I think is a simple file. a few jpgs, a pdf, and some linework overlayed on each other. 

 

Plotting this thing has been a nightmare. I can publish both sheets to pdf, and then plot those from adobe reader, but if I try to plot directly from VW all sorts of unexplained misery ensues. This last attempt took 3 hours and only a portion of the sheet plotted out.

 

What gives?

 

My plotter is a 24" HP Designjet T830.

 

Thanks,

Rudy Beuc

 

 

100167105_MainFile.vwx

[AlanW]

@rudybeuc@gmail.comHi Yea we gave up years ago trying to print direct from VW. We pdf export and use a HP Instant printing software to drag the pdfs into and starts almost immediately. HTH

[Pat Stanford]

Not sure, but you base map is HUGE.  In scale it is 100,000 feet across. That is 18 miles.

 

If you don't really need all of that data you  might want to edit is OUTSIDE of VW to just the portion you need and reimport just that portion.

 

VW likes it better when all of the data is within about 5 kM of the origin.

[rudybeuc@gmail.com]

Pat, 

 

Are you referring to the underground hazards map?

 

It's a jpg and I cropped it.

 

Thanks,

Rudy Beuc

 

 

[Pat Stanford]

Yes that was the one. 

 

You might get better performance by cropping some of the other large bitmaps to closer to the size you need also.

 

HTH with the printing.