Print Organizer Won't Print In Color

What print driver are you using for each? Are they the same? Are you sure you are loading the same pen table for both? Is there a different pen table defined in the plot driver that may be overriding the when defined by PO or vice versa?

We need to know what version of Microstation you are using and whether you use .plt or .pltcfg print drivers

Mstn V8i SS4 v08.11.09.829 Inroads V8i SS2 v08.11.07.625, no Power Roads

As far as I can tell I'm using the exact same pentable and pltcfg table for each method of plotting.

I do not see a place to set the pentable in the plot driver (File>Print, File>Edit printer driver configuration). In the main File>Print dialog I see where to set the pentable and it is the one I want.

In print organizer if I look at the properties of a sheet it is using the same pen table as regular plotting.

I'm plotting sheets, but if i plot from a fence in the design file it plots colors. If I plot one sheet from the sheet file using File>Print it plots colors. If i plot from print organizer it plots black.

It should not default to anything unless there is some sort of configuration variable is able to control that. I would just switch the Workspace drop down to be blank and try printing. If the issue still persists then you need to check if a pen table is being loaded or if a different .pltcfg file is the cause.

thank you. I will look at that. that screen capture was from a working machine, though - we are trying to use the exact same print style file from the machine that works, and the one that doesn't. maybe the other is *not* using !Water.

Copying the ucf from a working machine to the new install didn't work. in fact ...

setting MS_PLT_ENGINE_CMDLINE_ARGS and MS_SYMBRSC to networked standards files changed the erroneous line from the (bad) custom linestyle to linestyle 0. copying the entire ucf changed it back to plotting the wrong custom line.

I'm sure it is something simple, just wish I knew what.

oh, like with the plotting in color, the same pen table and pltcfg files are being used in both printing environments, best as I can tell. I will verify.

Try running the keyin "delete unused linestyles". If there are any line styles that are part of the actual file with the same name as one in a line style library it can change the appearance of a line style. 

MS_PLT_ENGINE_CMDLINE_ARGS only seems to do anytihng if you are running MicroStation from a shortcut with a command line argument. The way I understand it, Print Organizer runs its own, parallel session of MicroStation with the current configuration, but any command line arguments are not loaded, which can cause  resource files end up missed. If you aren't running from custom shortcuts, it may not do anytihng. If you ARE running from custom icons, then that variable should be set with the same argument used in the shortcut.

MS_PLT_ENGINE_CMDLINE_ARGS only seems to do anytihng if you are running MicroStation from a shortcut with a command line argument. The way I understand it, Print Organizer runs its own, parallel session of MicroStation with the current configuration, but any command line arguments are not loaded, which can cause  resource files end up missed. If you aren't running from custom shortcuts, it may not do anytihng. If you ARE running from custom icons, then that variable should be set with the same argument used in the shortcut.