Topic: Delete References to Old / Nonexistent Printers Etc.

[M-dub]

I thought this was taken care of sometime in the past, but I keep getting these messages popping up saying that it can't find this printer config so , the none plot device has been substituted.

I want to delete these references and references to nonexistent plot styles, etc., from each drawing.  Any tips?

[mjfarrell]

first you will want to set a "GOOD" plotstyle current
THEN
you can purge out the "BAD" one(s)

[dgorsman]

Automate named page set-ups, including the active one.  Thats the majority of cases where I find rogue plotters being called for.

[M-dub]

Automate named page set-ups, including the active one.  Thats the majority of cases where I find rogue plotters being called for.

We did that years ago, and I don't remember getting this message after that... that doesn't mean it didn't happen... just that I can't remember it. 

It deletes the existing pagesetups, then imports good ones from a known source.

The page setups are ok... it's the plotter configurations (.PC3) and maybe old printers that were last used to print the drawings.  Same with drawings that contractors do for us and send back.  The drawings are looking for their printers, which aren't going to be found.  I'd rather delete all of those references.

[dgorsman]

Might be able to use ObjectDBX to get the Layouts collection, and set the ConfigName property of the each layout, without actually opening the drawings.  Hammering them with TrueView using the "Replace page set-ups..." option might work as well, but I'm not sure if that one will get the ones without named set-ups, just somebody using the "Apply to Laout" button in the plot dialog.

[M-dub]

It helps when you use the right seach criteria! 
I acutally found this in a Google search!

(PLQUIET was the variable I was looking for)

Edit#2: Thanks... again, Michael!