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April 28, 2010
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Help required for running Pro/Batch tool

  • April 28, 2010
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Hi. I have to take prints of around 30-40 drawings per day in my HP LaserJet 9040 PCL 6 printer. Can any one please help me in configuring the pro/batch tool for printing the drawings at a shot. I am new to pro/batch tool. Kindly help me. Regards, Srik.
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April 28, 2010
Assuming that you are using Microsoft Windows: -Launch pro_batch.bat (which is in the \bin subfolder of your ProE installation folder) -Once launched, fill the Pro/Engineer Command (you can right-click and look at your ProE shortcut properties, the command looks like: C:\Program Files\proeWildfire 3.0\bin\proe.exe) -Create a new batch file (where files list and actions will be stored) by filling the Batch File box. -Use File>Browse in order to add files to print. -The Action column must be set to plot (otherwise go to Options>set action>plot) -Go to Preference>Set preference>plot and set plotter to POSTSCRIPT, scale to 1, paper size to FORMAT_SIZE. Output file have to be set to Create single file, filename to *.plt (star dot plt). In the plotter command box, you have to write the MS-DOS command for printing on your printer. You have to share your printer (do it in the printer and faxes control panel of Windows). The MS-DOS command will be print /d:\\computername\printersharename (dont forget the space between print and /d) -Click on the watch icon (run batch file) and wait... Note that probatch will launch a new xtop process, thus it may fail if you already have Pro/E running.
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April 28, 2010
Thanks for the reply Sylvain. I have tried the exact procedure as specified by you. I am able to run the Pro/Batch command but I am not getting the prints from the printer. I am not getting any error message either. The status is showing as "Finished". Anymore settings I need to do for running this utility?
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April 28, 2010
I forgot to mention, I am using Wildfire 4.0 and windows XP.