PRINTING

Chris, It's a broad question that you are asking. Successful plotting is a combination of the correct PCF file and Plot Command file. Your Designjet is an HPGL2 plotter, and therefore pretty much any of the Designjet drivers should work. The Plot Command is going to depend upon whether or not yours is a network plotter; I assume it is. Having a plot_command specified completely eliminates needing to go through the MS Printer Manager (which is a drag and stalls mapkeys). For the Designjet, your .pcf file to make an A-size is going to look like this: plotter DESIGNJET1055CM button_name DesignJet A-Size button_help A Size Plot plot_drawing_format YES default plot_segmented NO default plot_roll_media YES default plot_label NO default plot_handshake software default create_separate_files NO default plot_with_panzoom NO default rotate_plotting NO default allow_file_naming YES plot_name YES interface_quality 3 default plot_destination printer default plotter_command G:\Ptc\pro_stds\plotters\plota.bat pen_table_file G:\ptc\pro_stds\plotters\table.pnt plot_sheets current default paper_size Variable 8.500000 11.000000 default paper_outline NO default plot_clip NO default plot_area NO default Your plot command batch file will look like this: ren %1 a_size.plt lpr -S192.9.200.1 -Pplotter a_size.plt del a_size.plt Of course, substituting the IP address with the one assigned to your JetDirect card. Regards