Can't restore Date and Time stamp at bottom of page

Hello:

while trying to fix a problem with my printer, I accidentally  removed the Date and Time stamp from my drawings. I tried going through the Pen Table using  the "Step-by-Step Guide for Advanced Pen Table Text Substitution" offered by someone else but got a little confused. Is there another way to restore them? Thanks.

Martin Bernal

 

 

  • Hard to pinpoint anything specific given the details presented, but one place to check is (in the Print dialog) going to Settings > Print Attributes... and see if the Print Border toggle is disabled.

    If that is enabled, could you identify whether you are Batch Printing or not and possibly attach the PLT file that you are using?

      

  • Thanks for the reply. The "Print Border" is enabled. I am Batch Printing. The problem is with all of my MS files. Apparently when I  changed a setting in one file it affected all of my files. I will try to remove the printer in my office and then re-install. Not quite sure how to attach a file to send.
  • when you  hit  control p for  print  a dialog pops up for the  printer.. if you study theis you should be able to see which  printerfile.plt your  using and  if a pentablefile.tbl is being  used..

    here  need to have print border text   tick  on  but inside the printer file.plt need to be changed too.

    Now that you  know which printerfile.plt is  being used you  can open it with a text editor  or thru ustn printer dialog edit  printer

    you should see the following if not copy into your printerfile .plt file that your usig

    ================================

    ; Remove this record if no border is desired.
    ; Refer to the documentation for available border qualifiers.
    border /time /filename /text_height=0.35

    ========================================

    this little bit  of code  will put into the border date time & file  name

    you can find  out  more about  how to use this  in the help>printing guide >printer driver syntax

    ===============================================================

    However the best way  is to set a pentable  from your printerfile.plt

    in which you have set  text substution  to use  $FILEL$    and $DATE$ AND  $TIME$

    then if you  place these 3  pieces of text  into a drawing  sheet    even if its a reference  file  then printing using the  print function will automaticaly substitute the  text ...

    SEE MY  ATTACHED  pic of  how to add the data from a pentable etc using text substitution

     

     

     

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