The new large format printer has wider margins than the old one, leaving slightly less usable layout area. The available layout area is the paper size minus the margins. Our current masters, based on narrower margins, don't fit in the new, slightly smaller layout area. When you go to print, you will see the Print dialog trying to put the
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(Similar to: In-House Printing (PlotMaker 9)) For large format output we use that enormous, hot, 16-amp-pulling thing in the middle of the office. (Note: This is about printing layouts. 'Check printing' from AC, for the heck of it, is another matter.)
I'm happy to announce, and I hope I don't regret it, that we can email PDFs to MBC. And they will print them, and the drawings will probably be alright. I'm sure there will be some tuning up to do, but I think we have it working. This is the address. Put the job details (copies etc) in the message.
If you have ever tried to print a half-size set directly on the WINPRINT thing, you probably never tried again, because it took ten times longer than it should have. This is a limitation of the printer, but here's a pretty good workaround.
Build it like they build it except when you can’t. Stay organized. Be consistent. Don’t draw anything you can model. Do everything as needed. Meet the demands of the current situation. If you can’t see it, put it off. Throw down an element, then fix it. Fix the mistake when you see it. Fix the whole mistake. Find & Select.
For large format output we use that enormous, hot, 16-amp-pulling thing in the middle of the office. Here is how to install the plotter on your machine. In PlotMaker, Page Setup. Go to File -> Page Setup. (Not Plot Setup!) At "Format For", select "WINPRINT 192.168.1.29". Select the Paper Size from the next pulldown. 18x24 is ARC C. 24x36 is
This is how to install our gigantic new plotter. Installing other printers is similar in some respects. System Preferences, Print & Fax, Set Up Printers. Click "Add". At the top, select "IP Printing" Printer Type: LPD/LPR Printer Address: 192.168.1.29 Queue Name: WINPRINT (Case sensitive) Printer Model: Other... Navigate to 3 Resources : Printers : RW470 : RW-470.ppd Choose. Add. If
I've been fooling around with the site here. Does it look different? I made two concrete improvements you might appreciate. In the lower right corner of each post you will find a link that reads, "Printy". Click it and you will get a printer-friendly version of the post, with a white background and all the navigation junk stripped out. In
Forgot something else... In 8.1, we have the option of placing a marquee to limit the print area, instead of fiddling with the window itself. Print Marquee Area, among other things. Click 'Copies and Pages' and select 'Archicad' to view these options.