paff Posted March 31, 2001 Share Posted March 31, 2001 HELP! Does anybody knows how can I send VW9 prints to a print shop that does not have VW or have a previous version? (Without Macplot) I am on Mac G4 9.0.4. Quote Link to comment
dlstudios Posted March 31, 2001 Share Posted March 31, 2001 The absolute best way is to send them an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. I do this all the time with my blueprint shop and it works beautifully. Buy the complete acrobat package from Adobe and you can create a single file that contains all the sheets of a set of drawings. If your clients are computer savy you can share your drawings with them this way as well. Acrobat also contains "security" features too that can prevent the file from being opened or printed without a password. If you look around this board there are more complete discussions and instructions about "printing" to Acrobat Quote Link to comment
Geoff Briggs Posted April 26, 2001 Share Posted April 26, 2001 If you don't want to invest in the full Acrobat package take a look at PrintToPDF, a shareware Mac PDF print driver by James W Walker <www.jwwalker.com> It's not Acrobat but it's inexpensive, easy and works well. ------------------ Geoff Briggs I & I Design iandidesign@home.com Quote Link to comment
Geoff Briggs Posted April 30, 2001 Share Posted April 30, 2001 Follow up: as has been noted elsewhere in this forum there is a problem using Print-to-PDF with VW9. A file is created but it's empty. Hope this gets fixed by one side or another as I really liked the simplicity of PtPDF. Too bad. ------------------ Geoff Briggs I & I Design iandidesign@home.com Quote Link to comment
jhutchison Posted April 30, 2001 Share Posted April 30, 2001 PrintTOPDF version 2.2 does not work. However, I downgraded to version 2.1.5, and it works fine. Quote Link to comment
Richard Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 This reply is to dlstudios, would like more info on how this works, live 40 miles from my client base and am having to live in the a'cad world, which means I have to visit these blueprint shops on a regular basis. If I can get away from my pen, or possibly new plotters I would welcome the prospect. Further to all, is there anything good about VW 9, why should I upgrade? Deneba has offered their 2.02 package at $329, and it is A'cad 2001 compatable. Are users that unhappy with V'works 9? I have to admit that documentation is really bad, bought Janis Kent's Manual for an arm and a leg and low and behold VW 9. Somebody, including Apple, needs to sharpen up their OS and app's to the point that all work smoothely. PDF manuals suck and if you can't document your software, you're moving too fast for people like me! All help appreciated Quote Link to comment
dlstudios Posted May 2, 2001 Share Posted May 2, 2001 Printing Acrobat (pdf) files is a 3-part process for me. First, I create a postscript file of each sheet I want printed using Adobe PS. In Adobe PS you create a "Virtual Printer" and the custom sheet sizes you will need. Next, I use the Acrobat Distiller which converts postscript (.ps) to acrobat (.pdf). Third, I use Acrobat Exchange to assemble the individual files (sheets) into a single file that contains all the sheets in their proper order and save the file with a new name. I am still using Acrobat 3.01 and Adobe PS 8.6 with VectorWorks 8.5.2 under Mac OS 8.6. I use this method both with clients and my print shop. Without a copy of the full Acrobat package my clients can view and print the sheets of the file using the free Acrobat Reader program that is available from Adobe's website. Their printing capabilities are limited only by the capabilities of their printer - Acrobat does not tile printing - so without a large format printer/plotter they cannot print full-size - that's OK with me. With the full Acrobat package (that is available for Macs, and PC's - an also I believe unix) they have the additional capability to add post-it note like comments which they can email back to me. I can add my own post-it note comments initially if I want to call my clients attention to something. My print shop can plot my files directly from the Acrobat (.pdf) files. Initially I had to send them an individual file for each sheet because multiple sheets would overcome the limited memory in their plotter. They have since added memory and now I send the whole job as a single file. We also had a scaling problem. Their plotter driver would take a 24" x 36" sheet and shrink it down to fit within the printable area of the plotter. I solved this by reducing the sheet size to something less than the printable area of the plotter (23 1/4" x 35 1/4" for my usual 24" x 36" sheet size). All your fonts can be embedded in the file so that your clients (and the printshop) sees and prints exactly what you see in your VectorWorks files. The only problem I have ever run into is that certain fonts contained in VectorWorks worksheets (usually bold fonts) will create errors. I just avoid those fonts. Hope this helps. You can email me with any other specific questions at dlstudios@ncounty.net Quote Link to comment
kennyvestal Posted July 10, 2001 Share Posted July 10, 2001 Minicad used to produce a scaled down 2d version of minicad called Blueprint. Has this product been discontinued? Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee Andrew Bell@NV Posted July 12, 2001 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted July 12, 2001 quote: Originally posted by kennyvestal: Minicad used to produce a scaled down 2d version of minicad called Blueprint. Has this product been discontinued? Yes, I don't think NNA has sold Blueprint for five years or more. ------------------ Andrew Bell andrewb@nemetschek.net I am not an official spokesperson for NNA Quote Link to comment
Guest Posted July 13, 2001 Share Posted July 13, 2001 If you looking for plotting services , or would like to add a company to our list of Service Bureaus please check out the Services section of our website. http://www.nemetschek.net/support/plotservice.html ------------------ Dan Monaghan Marketing Director Nemetschek North Ameria 419-290-5114 dan@nemetschek.net Quote Link to comment
CADD Nark Posted July 17, 2001 Share Posted July 17, 2001 i deal with print shop all over the country and have had more headaches over PDF files.... i have learned though that most "real" print shops use Oce` plotters and can handle .Cmds (file type made by MacPlot Pro). the file sizes are much smaller than PDF and fonts are a non-issue. the HPGL/2 format is pretty universal. if your print shop is using Oce` equipment, there are 2 settings you need to make the prints shop aware of; Transpearancy = ON and Merge = ON. this settings are set within ReproDesk (Oce` software). hope this helps. Quote Link to comment
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