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Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

(OP)
We are running ProE Wildfire and we just purchased a HP 800 42" plotter.  When plotting a standard D size drawing from ProE I keep getting the leading and trailing edge borders cut-off due to the standard margins within HP (.7" per edge).  Does anyone have any suggestions on resolving this issue, it is driving me nuts????

RE: Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

We are creating an offset of 6mm or 1/4" in both the x & y.  No matter what software we are using to create drawing in; .tif, .tiff, .pdf.

It seems to be a Pro/E issue versus the HP or Adobe print drivers.

RE: Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

Have you tested the plot_translate option in your plotter configuration file <filename.pcf>?  I had a similiar problem with a HP designjet 500.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

(OP)
Heckler,

No I have not.  How do you go about doing this?

Thanks for your help.

RE: Plotting on a HP 800 42" from ProE

Premier55,

I don't use WildFire so I'm not sure.  You would have to do a search on the help files.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 2.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
      o
  _`\(,_
(_)/ (_)

Do you trust your intuition or go with the flow?

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