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pmvliet

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complicated Plotting problem
« on: January 23, 2004, 02:41:01 PM »
Hi everyone,
this problem is sort of tricky and hard to explain. I will do my best.
I have a drawing from a client with their colortables.
When I open their drawing and use their colortable to plot to our
Xerox 8830, only about 8 of the 255 colors will plot. I used their colortable and plotted a file with all 255 colors.
if I change to the default monochrome color table that comes with AutoCad, all the colors will print.
All the color's map to a pen that plots.
What is tricky is that we have 2 versions of plot drivers for our 8830.
one is a Non-system Driver-XESystems, Inc. XES Synergix 8830
using a xes7.hdi version 4.1.00-7.1.15.30[k015-1] this won't print.
our other driver is: Non-System Driver - Xerox Engineering Systems-XES 8830 using a xes7.hdi version 4.1.00-7.1.15.30[K015-1]

If I use their file, their colortable with the first plotter driver only 8/255 colors will plot. If I use their file, their colortable with the second plotter driver 255/255 colors will plot. If I use their file with the default monochrome.ctb file and the first plotter driver 255/255 color will print.

The file is ok. I don't know if I need to be looking at a colortable problem
or a plotter driver problem?

Thanks
Pieter

daron

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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2004, 02:49:37 PM »
I once found that a ctb I upated in 2002 would not work with 2000. I had to recreate the file for use with 2000. Maybe something like this could be your problem?

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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2004, 02:57:46 PM »
There ya go.... if'n the plot style had been by LINEWEIGHT he woulda not been having this problem ....

Incedently I had the same problem with an HP, no ACI colors greater than 8 would plot. That is one reason why I use lineweight.
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pmvliet

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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2004, 03:29:43 PM »
I will take sometime this weekend and re-create our
clients ctb files... I guess I will try one and if it works
there is my problem.

Thanks guys!

pieter

hyposmurf

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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2004, 05:30:04 PM »
Part of the reason we use color dependant styles is that we have so many interlinking & crosing services it would be awful to try and decifer on screen between them using lineweights.It's critical that we dont confuse a service or peice of equipment.Maybe I'm jst biased but lineweights just dont seem to be as good.

pmvliet

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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2004, 05:47:01 PM »
Ok Daron & Keith,
the CTB file didn't do it. I opened the old one & started a new one from
scratch. Placed them side by side and edited the specific's for each color.
None of this makes sense...

Plot the files with the monochrome.ctb and it works... :x

Pieter

pmvliet

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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2004, 06:40:41 PM »
I have tried playing with the plotter drivers and have found updated plot drivers for this particular plotter.
The only one that I can get to work are system printers which don't even use a hdi plot driver rather a gdi...

I am so confused...

pieter

pmvliet

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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2004, 12:17:04 PM »
So, it turns out that dither needs to be "on" the stb's i had from clients only had some colors with dither on or they were all off.
So, i can plot but there is some talk in the help files about wipeoouts not being able to work or something like that.
So, that might be my next problem :(

pieter

daron

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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2004, 12:48:23 PM »
Our old plotter turns textmasks and wipeouts and doesn't hide them completely. That's probably going to be the problem you'll have. Xclip on the other hand is a beautiful too, once you master it.