Hello everyone, I would love some advice on this issue. I am running Vectorworks 11.5.1 on a brand-new iMac G5, plotting to an HP Designjet 500ps 42" roll-feed plotter.
I also have two HP laser printers in the office. All three printers are connected via the Ethernet.
VW will print to both the HP laser printers with no problem, but will not print to the plotter! It also will not create a PDF or a print preview when the 'page setup' is set to 'format for: Plotter'.
All the other software applications on my computer will print to the plotter with no problem at all! This includes Safari, Firefox, Word, Excel, etc...they will print and create PDF's when set for the plotter.
Also, I should mention that other people in my office, with computers identical to mine, are able to use this plotter with no problem whatsoever.
So far, I have tried the following solutions, with no success:
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Hello everyone, I would love some advice on this issue. I am running Vectorworks 11.5.1 on a brand-new iMac G5, plotting to an HP Designjet 500ps 42" roll-feed plotter.
I also have two HP laser printers in the office. All three printers are connected via the Ethernet.
VW will print to both the HP laser printers with no problem, but will not print to the plotter! It also will not create a PDF or a print preview when the 'page setup' is set to 'format for: Plotter'.
All the other software applications on my computer will print to the plotter with no problem at all! This includes Safari, Firefox, Word, Excel, etc...they will print and create PDF's when set for the plotter.
Also, I should mention that other people in my office, with computers identical to mine, are able to use this plotter with no problem whatsoever.
So far, I have tried the following solutions, with no success:
-Restart the computer
-Uninstall/reinstall Vectorworks
-Search through all Vectorworks prefs
-Clear all printers and plotters and reinstall
-Update plotter driver to new one from HP website
-Roll back plotter driver to previous version
-"Repair permissions" in Mac OS X
Any suggestions?
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