MS_DEFAULT_PLTCFG_FILE and Print Style DGNLIB Issue

AECOsim BD SS5 (08.11.09.747)

Windows 7x64 SP1

 

We are a multidiscipline firm with several 11x17 laser printers with at least one for each department/discipline.  We have at least one PLTCFG for each printer/plotter.  We like to set a default printer/PLTCFG based on the department/location for small check prints with the File > Print command.  We have one DGNLIB for the entire company that defines several print styles for use with Print Organizer to plot a set of drawings.

 

It appears that MS_DEFAULT_PLTCFG_FILE is ignored when a DGNLIB with print styles for print organizer is loaded (attached via MS_DGNLIBLIST).  Instead normal printing uses the default PLTCFG defined in the DGNLIB. 

 

We’d like to use a default PLTCFG for individual printing and a different one for print organizer, but it doesn’t appear work anymore.  It used to work in an earlier release of MicroStation V8i, but I’m not sure when it changed.


MS_DEFAULT_PLTCFG_FILE = laser printer PLTCFG file

Print Style DGNLIB (default PLTCFG) =  PDF PLTCFG file.

 

This has been tested in our workspace and out of the box and both scenarios produce the same result.

Does anyone know a resolution?

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