Using Pro/BATCH to print .tif
I am attempting to use Pro/BATCH to print drawings to .tif. I am using WF 4.0 becuase WF 5.0 doesn't seem to come with Pro/BATCH (unless they put it in a different place or something?). I already have a printer (PMSLDOCS) that I use when I'm printing in ProE to create a .tif using ProE's built in .tif printer. This is what my .pcf file looks like:
! plotter: specify internal Pro/E plotter driver
plotter TIFF
! button_name: name as it appears in the print dialog
button_name PMSLdocs
! button_help: extended description
button_help Output drawing to PMSLdocs import area.
! plot_drawing_format: option to include drawing format
plot_drawing_format YES
! plot_segmented: generate a segmented plot
plot_segmented NO
! plot_roll_media: instruct printer to use it's rolled media
plot_roll_media NO
! generates the plot with a label
plot_label NO
! plotter_handshake: software = Xon/Xoff, hardware = hardware control
plotter_handshake software
! create_separate_files: combine pages into one file when using print to file
create_separate_files NO
! plot_with_panzoom: yes = use current zoom, no = plot full plot
plot_with_panzoom no
! plot_scale scale factor
plot_scale plot 1.0
! rotate_plotting: (Postscript) rotate plot 90 deg CCW when plotting portrait
rotate_plotting NO default
! allow_file_naming: yes = user may edit file name, no = use object name only
allow_file_naming NO
! plot_name: no = name files .plt yes = name files per type (.ps, .hp2)
plot_name YES
! interface_quality: 0= least overlap checking, 3= most overlap checking
interface_quality 3
! plot_destination: file, <printer name>, file_and_printer
plot_destination file
! plot_file_dir: location for saving plot files
plot_file_dir V:\
! pen_table_file: specify pen table file, including path
pen_table_file table.pnt
!paper_size: <paper size>, <variable> X Y units
!paper_size C default
!paper_outline:
paper_outline NO default
! plot_clip: plots a portion of the drawing. yes x1 y1 x2 y2, no, default
plot_clip NO default
! plot_area: set plot area automatically. yes x1 y2 x2 y2, no, default
plot_area NO default
! plot_access: how to handle file name conflicts: create, append, default
plot_access create
!plot sheets: current, range <low value> <high value>, default, all
plot_sheets all
This works great for printing in ProE. It creates a .tif file named drawingname_1.tif for the first page and _2 for the second and so on. When I try and use Pro/BATCH, and select this printer, it will only print the last one and will call it the paper size.tif. The pro_batch.log says it is a success for both files. See below:
-plot -object C:\Users\Csmith\Desktop\BATCH\testbatchpart.drw.1 -pcf P:\pro_standards\plotters\pmsldocs.pcf -paper FORMAT_SIZE -quality 3 -userscale 1.000000 -plotfile .tif
TESTBATCHPART - success
----- Result SUCCESS
-plot -object C:\Users\Csmith\Desktop\BATCH\testpartbatch2.drw.1 -pcf P:\pro_standards\plotters\pmsldocs.pcf -paper FORMAT_SIZE -quality 3 -userscale 1.000000 -plotfile .tif
TESTPARTBATCH2 - success
----- Result SUCCESS
In my option preferences, I have it to have an output file of create single file, filename *.tif
Can someone help me? I don't know what I'm missing. I just want to print 4000 dwgs to .tif..... Suggestions? Thanks!
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