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A few things to know about plotting Raster Images from MicroStation V7.
Printing on your system printer…some considerations: In order to reduce the amount of time it may take to spool the drawing to the system printer, and to keep the file size to a minimum, create a print file (filename.prn) and copy it to the printer. Specific steps for Windows NT are as follows: To set up printer and port:
IMAGE PLOTTING from MicroStation when using Raster Reference Files: When plotting raster images, use the HPGLRTL.plt for best results. PostScript drivers (PS650C.plt, PSC650C.plt, PSCRIPT.plt, PSCRIPTC.plt) also give quality image output, but can create large plot files. These files are not limited to just image plotting, as they will plot vector data with high quality also. HPGL2 drivers (HPDJET.plt and HP650C.plt) plot vector data very well, but images plotted with the HPGL2 drivers will be grainy and may result in large plot files. HPLJET4V.plt and HPPCL5.plt will produce quality image output. Note: Images will not plot correctly with any driver unless the hardware_raster/resolution=300 line in the .plt file is un-commented. This is done by removing the semi-colon (;) at the beginning of the line. The wording of this line may vary slightly in some files (i.e. software_raster/resolution=32).
IMAGE PLOTTING from Image Manager or DESCARTES: MicroStations Image Manager supports PostScript and HPGL2/RTL devices, as well as all raster devices supported through the Windows Print Manager. The Image Manager will allow you plot to the following devices:
Sample Plot Drivers
Plot Device
Plot Lanugage
Concatenated Plot Driver (.plt)
HP650C
RTL
imrtl / dcrtl
pscript
postscript
imps / dcps
pscriptc
postscript colour
impsc / dcpsc
printer
PC Printer
imgen / dcgen