unable to send plot directly to plotter

Re: unable to send plot directly to plotter

Phil Chouinard — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:26:34 GMT

What is the exact printer name as seen in the Printers folder on your computer?

rob8397 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:22:00 GMT

Hi Phil,

Thanks for your help. I inserted the following two lines into the HPGL2.PLT file:

;sends plot directly to plotter

sysprinter/name="HP DesignJet 500 42+HPGL2 Card"

I placed these lines directly above the ;default_extension/auto_incExt = '000' line.

Now, I get an information box that pops up in V8 when I try to load the HPGL2.PLT driver that states:

"unable to access system printer [HP DesignJet 500 42 + HPGL2 Card]"

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Rob

Phil Chouinard — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:30:41 GMT

Instead of using default_outFile/auto_overwrite for that, you might want to check out sysprinter/name... instead (see attached from Help > Contents).