I am trying to set up a plot driver that will create a .pdf file and also sends the .pdf file to a networked plotter. I've seen some old posts that describe using a post-plot command but this was being done in XM. It seems to me that the dialog boxes have changed or been added from XM to v8i SS3. Is there a way to do this?
I did an experiment where I copied the pdf.pltcfg and under the Default Print File Name tab I defined File Name as the network plotter path/share name. This worked sending it to an HP 1200 large format plotter but there were some quality issues. The plot consisted of vector and raster data. The raster attachments are aerial photos (either jpeg2000 or Mr SID). I an area where there was vector data over the raster the raster was lighter than the rest of the raster. There were small blocks in these light areas (the boxes were the lighter part of the raster).
I want to be able to do this because we use roll plots with aerial images under roadway designs for public meetings. We also use a lot of shaded areas (vector data) filled with transparent fill. If we use a normal plot drive and use the "rasterize" check box some of the vector data shows up very thin or sometimes even dotted. Th .pdf driver does not require using the "rasterize" check box. I really do not want to create a .pdf, open it with Adobe and then print from there. We have some issues with Adobe. The colors never match the direct plot and the scale is never correct when printing through Adobe.
Microstation v8i SS3 08.11.09.357
Windows 7 Pro
you could make an f key script that plots to pdf and your configs can set it to go to out put folder
then it would need to execute the exit to dos command to then run a batch file which would copy the contents of the out folder to the plotter and then delete contents of the out folder..
or create a short cut on your desktop to execute the said batch file to copy/ send everything in the out folder ie pdfs and then delete the contents...
Lorys
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I just remembered how we used to do this in win95
Get you IT to allow a copy of the printer to be in your windows explorer send box
then when you open your output box you can right mouse send to> and choose the plotter...