Topic: Print Server Name Change?

[JohnK]

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[SDETERS]

Great Thanks for the help it worked for what I was wanting to accomplish.  Now any Ideas to do the same with Autocad LT?  Sorry But they use both programs.

[JohnK]

ummm no sorry. Ive never used LT so...what can we use besides a macro. Can we use diesel or something? ...nevermind. i dont know how to do what we just did with diesel anyways.

[mjfarrell]

  Sorry But they use both programs.

somehow I thought this was for you...

probably no luck making that happen in LT though.

[JohnK]

I suppose you could use TrueView and set the default plotter to none.

[SDETERS]

It is for a different department.  I was helping out them out. We use basic out of the box autocad.  Sad but I am the go to guy for Autocad questions when I can not answer them I come here to look for answers.  And answers you did give me which worked out great.

Please do not think about the LT I am very happy with what you all came up with.  Thanks Again.

[Kerry]

in LT, what happens when you use PSETUPIN from the command line ?

[SDETERS]

It brings up Pop Up Dialogue Box asking you to "Select Page Setup From File"  Then it gives you the option to select a dwg file.

[Kerry]

OK

In your old drawings you have a PageSetup named ME, which uses the redundant plotter.

In your Template you have a PageSetup named ME, which uses the new plotter.

The new PC3 file is on your path.

yes ?

So ..

type PSETUPIN
select the template file
Select the Page setup ME
Import it , overriding the redundant definition.

Does that work for you ??

[SDETERS]

Ok I go to Psetupin

Select the template

Select the Pagesetup name

then I set the Pagesetup name to current

then Close out and the plot works.

My question can Lt run script files? 

Thanks

[mjfarrell]

try one...

or just try ... SCRIPT @ command line and see IF LT likes it?

[SDETERS]

Yes it will take script files.

Now Thanks for the help.  Off to try my hand at a script file.  Sweet.

[DaveD]

If you can get LT to run scripts (or want to with CAD), here's an example of what we use to set up our plots:
----------------------------------
._TILEMODE 0
(load"plotview")
(c:plotview3042)
(setq expert (getvar "EXPERT"))(setvar "EXPERT" 2)
._-PSETUPIN
"PL_30x42.dwg"
"4500 30x42"
(setvar "EXPERT" expert)
._-PLOT
_No

4500 30x42

_No
_Yes
_No
._Preview
----------------------------------

LT wouldn't run the "plotview" routine but that simply sets up a named View to plot in the current dwg based on the paper size desired and could be scripted pretty easily as well.

As far as your original issue with getting the 'none' plotters after a server/plotter change, I've struggled with that several times, too.  PC3's are fragile and I think poorly thought I for what they have to do.  It seems they should just print to the local printer name no matter what server or driver info it carries with it.  Maybe I'm wrong.

Govert's tools ( http://www.noliturbare.com/plot-print/print-ctbs-and-more ) has a pc3 reader and if you open one up you can see the pc3 holds the driver version, IP address, name and server name.  I've tried doing a replace on the server name in a text file and bringing it back in to the pc3 reader to see if I could update them that way, with no luck.

Each time I've ended up having to rebuild each pc3 from scratch when we've had this happen.  I'm glad you found something that will help you out a bit, but I bet if someone (Govert?) could write an app that would find and replace strings in a pc3 they could sell it to CAD managers across the land... well, I'd buy one anyway.

Yes it will take script files.

Now Thanks for the help.  Off to try my hand at a script file.  Sweet.