i have black boxes where my text background should be printing

And here's the plot driver

There are the following lines in the PLT file:

num_pens   = 3                            ; required record

pen(1)=/rgb=(0,0,0)     ;to set pen color...

pen(2)=/rgb=(175,175,175)     ;to set pen color...

pen(3)=/rgb=(255,255,255)

This tells MicroStation to plot using only three colors. The part that can confuse people is that color 0 is pen 1, which makes color 1 pen 2 and color 2 pen three. Then, color 3 starts over with pen 1...

So if you want something to be a blank, background like color, it must be 2 or 5 or 8 or 11...

Usually, one makes blocks of pen numbers group to a few colors and leaves num_pens at default setting.

pen(1-254)=/rgb=(0,0,0)

pen(255)=/rgb=(175,175,175,)

and then, BG should plot white.

There are the following lines in the PLT file:

num_pens   = 3                            ; required record

pen(1)=/rgb=(0,0,0)     ;to set pen color...

pen(2)=/rgb=(175,175,175)     ;to set pen color...

pen(3)=/rgb=(255,255,255)

This tells MicroStation to plot using only three colors. The part that can confuse people is that color 0 is pen 1, which makes color 1 pen 2 and color 2 pen three. Then, color 3 starts over with pen 1...

So if you want something to be a blank, background like color, it must be 2 or 5 or 8 or 11...

Usually, one makes blocks of pen numbers group to a few colors and leaves num_pens at default setting.

pen(1-254)=/rgb=(0,0,0)

pen(255)=/rgb=(175,175,175,)

and then, BG should plot white.