• Tutorial: Including the Date in Print Output File Names

    Andrew Edge

    (This topic applies to MicroStation 8.11 and later.)

    In this article I am going to present a step-by-step approach to including the current date (in the format dd-MM-yy) as a prefix in print output file names produced by both Print Organizer and the single-Print dialog. Note that there are multiple ways of going about this, and what I'm going to show here isn't necessarily the easiest method. However, the technique…

  • Printer Driver Configurations: .pltcfg versus .plt

    Andrew Edge
    In this post I'm going to try to answer some of the commonly asked questions concerning the .pltcfg files that were introduced in MicroStation 8.9.3, and the removal of the default .plt files in MicroStation 8.11.
    To begin with, it's important to understand the difference between a printer driver and a printer driver configuration file.  A printer driver is the executable code within MicroStation that knows how…

  • Paper Sizes in a Windows Printer Driver Configuration File

    Andrew Edge
    One of the most common, perhaps the most common, complaint about printing to a Windows printer driver from MicroStation is the lack of control over paper sizes.  Whereas a Bentley printer driver allows you to define as many paper sizes as you need, and only those you need, with the names and dimensions you want, the Windows printer driver requires you to use only those paper sizes published by the printer driver.
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