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  • How to Print a Border Comment

    Product(s): MicroStation Version(s): V8i, CONNECT, 2023 Environment: N\A Area: Printing Subarea: Driver/PDF Problem How can I print a border comment in my print output files? Solution …
  • How to set Plot output path

    Product(s): ProStructures Version(s): CONNECT Edition (10.XX.00.XX) Environment: N/A Area: General Subarea: Printing/Plotting Original Author: Alistair Lobo Problem How can you set the output path for…
  • Monochrome PDF print of filled color appeared solid black, how to print to gray color

    Product: MicroStation, PowerDraft Version: CONNECT Edition Environment: Windows Area: Printing Subarea: Driver/PDF Problem Description In a dgn file, the lightly filled (with color…
  • Print Border text in .pltcfg notepad file

    Does anyone know the line of text that is present in the default print settings file (that opens in notepad) that puts the print border on the file with date file name etc?
  • Configuring output print file name

    Product: MicroStation Version: V 8i, CONNECT Environment: Windows 10 Area: Printing Subarea: Dialog Problem Description I want to change the print output file names so they are a certain format…
  • Re: Large PDF's very slow

    I've attached an FDOTPDF.pltcfg file. In this on I disabled all of the enhanced features. Give it a try and see if it is faster.
  • Print Limit 500 Microstation Print Organizer

    Hi I used to use IPLOT to create pdf's but found that the standard Print Organizer i much faster. But I have a problem when I need to create more than 500 print (plotshapes). I know where to changes this for IPLOT, but can't find the same config…
  • Printer.pltcfg customization

    Hi to all! MicroStation v8i SS2 - 08.11.07.443 on Win XP SP3. First, a quote from the delivered Printer.pltcfg file..... "Rather than use a single printer driver configuration for all Windows printers, Bentley recommends creating a separate printer…
  • Print Border text font

    I've set up the print configuration file to plot the file path in the border but is it possible to change that text font? Also, is it possible to change the location of that path relative to the paper size. I have used the border text offsets to move…
  • No "save as" dialogs appearing with use of Bentley PDF drivers.

    Hello all. We have begun having issues with newly created user accounts. When we add a new user to to ProjectWise ( SS3 - 09.11.09.109 ) they are unable to print to PDF files within MicroStation V8i ( SS2 - 08.11.07.443 ). The "save as" dialog which…
  • Bentley PDF file size vs Acrobat when printing hatch patterns

    Hi Is there a known issue with printing patterns to PDF using the Bentley PDF driver? We've found that hatching can increase the file size by a significant amount using the Bentley driver compared to printer.pltcfg and using Acrobat: Our…
  • Force Line Weights in pltcfg?

    Is there a way to force Line Weights on inside the pltcfg?
  • Re: Create single print files like the .ini on V8i

    OK i have been working with the printing styles and it works AWESOME! you need to setup your print driver configurations and then setup your print styles using the print driver configurations. i am in the process of adding a ton of print drivers and styles…
  • /offset=(x,y) analog in .pltcfg files

    Is there an analog of the .pcf /offset=(x,y) statement in the new .pltcfg format? We use this as a shortcut to correct the difference between the windows form size and the printed sheet size. Without this will have to key in the correct scale…
  • Re: Printing w/ windows "Adobe PDF"

    Johnny, which version of MicroStation and Adobe Acrobat do you use? As Bear already suggested in MicroStation V8 the original Bentley pdf.plt or pdf.pltcfg will give you complete control and best results. To control print output…
  • forcing border comments

    a company requirement is to print some border comments on every drawing printed. I have added the comments required and removed the edit printer config from the menu so they cant be changed and they are on a network drive that is read only. Problem is…
  • Paper Sizes in a Windows Printer Driver Configuration File

    One of the most common, perhaps the most common, complaint about printing to a Windows printer driver from MicroStation is the lack of control over paper sizes. Whereas a Bentley printer driver allows you to define as many paper sizes as you need, and…
  • Printer Driver Configurations: .pltcfg versus .plt

    In this post I'm going to try to answer some of the commonly asked questions concerning the .pltcfg files that were introduced in MicroStation 8.9.3, and the removal of the default .plt files in MicroStation 8.11. To begin with, it's important…