kspencer Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I don't have a printer that will print my sheet layer 24x36, is there a way i could creat a plot file in VW. Quote Link to comment
Don@Black Dog Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I export my sheets to PDF's. File/Export/PDF. I do them singly for my printer's convenience, but if you like, you can do batches. This is also a very handy way to share your drawings with owners, engineers, Mom... The PDF will default to your Sheet size. This is in v. 12.5.1 Quote Link to comment
Jonathan Pickup Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Export your files as PDF, but check with your printer first to make sure that they can print from PDF. Most will be happy yo print from PDF. File > Export > Export PDF (Batch)... This works really well and allows you to choose the sheet layers that you want to export. It also lets you choose if you want to print the drawings in colour or black and white Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 If you really need to make a plot file, that's a system operation. On Windows, install the printer that's going to be used - just as if you had the printer plugged in. Then when you print, check the box labelled "Print to file". I've been told you can't do that on MacOS. Quote Link to comment
islandmon Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I've been told you can't do that on MacOS. OSX uses CUPS & GIMP Print ... drivers for pretty much every printer ever built. Quote Link to comment
jan15 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 I mean the part about checking "Print to file". Someone said that MacOS won't allow sending the stream of printer codes to a disk file instead of directly to the printer. Is that true? Quote Link to comment
Petri Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 In MacOS, PDF is the print file. You can create a PDF from any program. Quote Link to comment
Christiaan Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 It's probably worth dropping the "plot" moniker too. Plotters are those vector-based machines that use pens, which have their own drivers and file types (don't they?). So asking about a "plot" file is potentially confusing. Today we're all using raster-based printers. Quote Link to comment
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