Printing Issues

Hello Mary, 

The Monochrome part you explained makes sense. We have access to a pen table but have only set the pen once since we thought that is all we needed. Do we have to set it every time you want to print?'

I am going to attach the property settings for that line but I have found nothing wrong with it (at least that is what I think!). The line has its own color and layer, so no, its not ByLayer. I just want to mention again, but this line is from a referenced file, I tried editing the display settings for this line from its original file but nothing really happened. 

Thank you, 

Hello Mary, 

The Monochrome part you explained makes sense. We have access to a pen table but have only set the pen once since we thought that is all we needed. Do we have to set it every time you want to print?'

I am going to attach the property settings for that line but I have found nothing wrong with it (at least that is what I think!). The line has its own color and layer, so no, its not ByLayer. I just want to mention again, but this line is from a referenced file, I tried editing the display settings for this line from its original file but nothing really happened. 

Thank you, 

There are a few ways to set a pen table to default every time you want to print.

To begin with, you want to edit your configuration variables to set
MS_PENTABLE equal to the path to wherever you saved your pen tables.

If you always want to use this pen table, you can set the configuration variable MS_PLOTDLG_DEF_PENTABLE equal to the name of your pen table file. You will have the option to choose a different pen table at the time of printing, but this table will always load by default.

You can also edit your PLTCFG file (through the Print dialog under the File menu). Under the "Base Properties" tab, you have a place to enter a "Default Pen Table File Name". This is nice if you have different plot drivers for different applications, or different types of printing jobs.