When printed from Microstation version 7 the job does not print on Konicaminolta C458 printer. Kindly advise if there are any known compatibility issues with Konica printer drivers(PCL/PS).
Tried printing directly \\Hostname\printer name/ip address job does not arrive at the printer. But windows test page arrives and prints.
When used Hold release queue \\Servername\printername job is held and visible on the device as Remote downlevel document and when printed nothing comes out of the printer.
Kindly advise if there is any settings to be done on Bentley drivers in order to make this work.
Printing from Microstation version 8 is fine.
Appreciate your assistance.
Hi Mosses,
can you provide more details? Without knowing Windows version do you use and also using what .plt file the print data is created is even not possible to guess what can be wrong.
You should be aware MicroStation/J is very old product, not supported today, and not certified for any current Windows (I guess the latest certified Windows are Windows 2000), so you can expect some level of incompatibilities with new Windows and printers.
With regards,
Jan
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Thanks Jan for the reply, The PC is running windows 10 64 bit and works fine when printed on other printers which were setup few years back.
does microstation printing works only when printed through a print server? or can it be setup to print directly on an IP.
V7 is so far out of date that you may just have to upgrade so you can still use more recent V8iSS4 msnt in latest windows and take advantage of more up to date windows printer drivers from KM...and transition from V7 to v8i for users is not too drastic..
I used to use HP plotters for v7 and I think always used HPGL2 supplied windows printer, alternative try the HPGL2.plt from Bentley to create .plot files and send them to the printer via the copy command to the printer later.
Alternative is to just do pdfs yes I know its not " what they do here" but your software is too old to cope and nobody remembers all the tricks we came up with for v7 so long ago ... the pdf mode is faster , transportable and is what you will send your clients in the end right so it makes sense to convince the powers that be to either upgrade mstn or use pdfs, which store better for records, and print faster and can be viewed by anybody as acrobat format pdf now is universally accept file format all over the world...and is cheaper to view as viewers are generally free as is the pdf.plt from Bentley to make them.
Lorys
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Thanks Jan, Appreciate your inputs.
Thanks Lorys.
Go ahead and set your Windows system printer to that Konicaminolta C458 printer, then use printer.plt. Might work.
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Tell me more about it. what are the problems?
This thread is nearly two years old. I'm pretty sure they don't have this issue any longer.
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