Ted Walsh Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Using OS 10.3.5 and printing with a HP500ps, HP/GL-2 installed + 128MB Simm, and Microspot X-RIP Recently most of my plots are blank, (thought it was a memory issue apparently not). Not sure if this is a VW or a HP issue. either way it is causing very serious grief. Any suggestions appreciated TW Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Have you checkmarked the print as raster option in the print dialog box? Quote Link to comment
0 Ted Walsh Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 Katie, Thanks for your reply. No, the raster button is not checked. I have discovered that I can print pdfs, dwgs & possibly others, but not VW files. I did manage to print one small VW file but only after the printer first produced a blank page followed by numerous short strips. Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Check mark that option and see if the print is sucessful. When you click on Preview, do you see the file or a blank sheet? Quote Link to comment
0 Guest Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 The problem is most likely that the printer is running out of memory. If it works as preview, it's not a VectorWorks issue. After preview, the operations are handed off to the operating system. Especially since the print as raster works, I am fairly certain the problem is memory related. Quote Link to comment
0 Ted Walsh Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 Katie, Yes it does preview and yes it does print when I checked that option! Many thanks. Why, do you reckon, this option is now needed? All had been fine. But I did recently update to OS 10.3.5 and experimented with with X-RIP (1.6) options to improve quality. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment
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Ted Walsh
Using OS 10.3.5 and printing with a HP500ps, HP/GL-2 installed + 128MB Simm, and Microspot X-RIP
Recently most of my plots are blank, (thought it was a memory issue apparently not).
Not sure if this is a VW or a HP issue. either way it is causing very serious grief.
Any suggestions appreciated
TW
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