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December 9, 2014
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Cannot print directly from Creo 2.0 when using custom color file syscol.scl

  • December 9, 2014
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Hi,

 

Ever since migrating from WF5, i have not been able to print directly from Creo drawings. I always have to export to .pdf first. I have tried to get help from PTC but they could not solve the issue or why it was happening. There only solution was to use the default system color scheme. We have been using ProE since 1996 and have all our config files the way we want them. I was trying to make a new syscol.scl color file but that did not seem to work either with Creo 1.0 or Creo 2.0. Any help / suggestions greatly apprcaited. Thanks!


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Best answer by Mahesh_Sharma

As this is a hidden option you can add this directly in config.pro or instead of search add the option with value as all.

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
December 9, 2014

Jon,

I can print from Creo Parametric 2.0 without problems. Please provide more details, eg. screen captures, scanned print results, ...

Martin Hanak

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jjohnson-41-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
December 9, 2014

On Screen with custom color file.

Scan of actual print out using -> file -> print -> ok

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MartinHanak24-Ruby III
24-Ruby III
December 9, 2014

Jon,

I can't see your pictures. Only empty rectangles are displayed.

Martin Hanak

Mahesh_Sharma
Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire I
22-Sapphire I
December 9, 2014

Jon,

Try config option plot_light_colors_black all

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    jjohnson-41-VisitorAuthor
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    December 9, 2014

    Hi Mahesh, I do not see that option in the config when i search.

    Mahesh_Sharma
    Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire IAnswer
    22-Sapphire I
    December 9, 2014

    As this is a hidden option you can add this directly in config.pro or instead of search add the option with value as all.

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      jjohnson-41-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      December 10, 2014
      Okay, thanks to everyone that responded. Collectivelty through all your questions / suggestions and this link helped solve my problem (http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=363425)


      Here is what I did for anyone else that may have this issue:
      I added or changed the following parameters to the config editor

      Option - pdf_use_pentable

      Value - yes

      Option - use_8_plotter_pens

      Value - yes

      Option - pen_table_file

      Value – “whatever is your path to pen table file”

      I saved mine to my start directory were my config.pro and search.pro file are located.

      Option - plot_light_colors_black

      Value - all

      Create a text file and save as pen_table.pnt (make sure the .txt file extension is not added. If so, click on this file in the folder and rename, removing the .txt. )

      My contents of pen_table.pnt

      ! Pen 1 = white entities (object lines)
      ! Pen 2 = yellow entities (text, dimensions, cross hatching)
      ! Pen 3 = gray entities (hidden lines)
      ! Pen 4 = red entities (Highlight - Primary (Dark Red)Selected (Red)Secondary Selected (Orange) All items plot as solid lines:
      ! Spline surface grid (does not plot in drawings)
      ! Pen 5 = green entities (sheetmetal)
      ! Pen 6 = cyan entities (section)
      ! Pen 7 = dark gray entities (dimmed e.g. tangent edges)
      ! Pen 8 = blue entities (spline surface grid) [use for drawing perimeter border in format]

      pen 1 thickness .035 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 2 thickness .018 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 3 thickness .018 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 4 thickness .050 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 5 thickness .035 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 6 thickness .018 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 7 thickness .008 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0
      pen 8 thickness .050 cm; color 0.0 0.0 0.0

      Thanks again to the community who was able to help solve this problem in less than a day. PTC support worked on it for 2 months and could not solve it.

      Jon Johnson

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