.pltcfg question

Re: .pltcfg question

Todd Combs — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:53:42 GMT

How is color 208 being redefined? If a pen table, set color 208 to a gray RGB value and all other colors to 0,0,0 (black). Same can be done with Color Maps in the pltcfg. If using either option the color mode setting will have to be set to true color and the printer setting will have to be color.

If this is not a solution, I suggest filing a Service Ticket with Plotting Support and discuss potential options with an analyst.

Re: .pltcfg question

Kevin Whitehosue — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:32:16 GMT

Unfortunately, this will not work for us. We use color 208 to be a "screened back" shade. It prints almost as a gray. With monochrome it comes out as a black, and with the printer setting set as color but MS set to grayscale, it comes out as a blueish gray which does not reproduce well with our client's repro machine. So, I will keep using it as set to B&W as deafault, and toggle the printer settings to color when I need to print to color. Thanks, but if anyone knows how to have it manually do that, please post.

Re: .pltcfg question

Kevin Whitehosue — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:14:53 GMT

I will give it a whirl, thanks for the suggestion.

Re: .pltcfg question

Todd Combs — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:11:12 GMT

Kevin,

I suggest leaving your Printer settings set to produce color by default, then use the pltcfg to control the default color setting. In the pltcfg editor select the Base Properties tab and set the Default Color Mode to True Color in the color.pltcfg and set Monochrome in the black.pltcfg.

-Todd