Printing in OS X
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After much work including helping trace a bug in the Print Pro driver I finally did get it to work and the plots/prints were beautiful. I had some difficulty tricking it to print in the correct direction. I finally decided to purchase Microspot X-RIP 1.6. It arrived yesterday, and it took a minute to install the software and plug in the dongle. I restarted my computer, opened Print Center and added the plotter and immediately plotted from PCADD. No hastles. It cost a lot, but my time is worth more. I found that to get plots of the quality I want I had to turn off their proprietary pixel doubling. After printing my computer churns for a while (not taking too much processor time) and the plot proceeds at a steady pace. Again, it worked first time -- every time. Ralph Richards I finally got X-Rip to work on my Encad. One problem- when I print lengthwise on my CadJet 36, I find that it prints the rgith margin larger than the left margin. Shifting the image over to the right causes the printer to delete the right margin line. I didn't experience this problem with Raster. I can't rotate the print 180 degrees, otherwise, that would have been the solution. Another problem is that when I first start the computer in the morning I find I have to restart the plotter in order for me to get the computer to communicate with the plotter. Those are minor annoyances. Other than that, the output is great. John Cruet I've had this same problem, but it can be managed: First, under the "Custom Paper Sizes" in the Page Setup menu, make an oversized page -- I am using one that is (h)24.75 x (w)36.5 to get a D-size sheet. Page orientation is "landscape", bottom to the left. Second, you may have to turn on "Print Points" in the P-CADD Print setup. The driver seems to need this. Now, if you print a blank sheet, you should get a printable area that extends to the right far enough to make the sheet look proper. You may also have to "SHOW" all entities (in the layers menu), "Select All", and nudge the contents of your drawing until it suits you on the printed page. But once this is done, and you adjust your default sheet accordingly, you should have no more problems. Ray Strang It's helped on my C sheets. For the D sheet, I do the following on the CadJet 2 36": Choose "Page Setup" Under the Settings popup menu, choose "Custom Paper Size" Click the "new" button In the resultant field, name the new sheet size. For height, type 25 in.; for length, type 37 in. Make all the printer margins 1/4" (you could probably make them bigger if need be) Click the "Save" button Under "Settings" select Page Attributes, then select the size you just created. Under Orientation, click the first button. Click OK The Drawing Setup window in PowerCadd, tabbed at "Size" should appear. It should show landscape orientation in the main drawing window. Click in the sheet field to finalize the size, which should be "width= 36.50" and Height = 24.50" What will happen is the sheet will print lengthwise (in the 36" direction, and should cut at 24 inches (or very close to it). By "oversizing" the sheet one is able to place borders within 1/2" on the right side of the sheet. John Cruet The Black and White option works like a charm. One cautionary note when using X-Rip: Make sure the Pixel Expansion is set to OFF. Otherwise, your print will pixelate- bad when trying to print a construction document. The speed benefit, small at best, isn't worth it. John Cruet |
