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printing solidworks drawing missing lines

printing solidworks drawing missing lines

printing solidworks drawing missing lines

(OP)
I am running sw 2007 sp 2.2. drawing looks fine on machine but when it is printed lines disappear. I have adjusted all available print settings to no avail. any help in a direction would be greatly appreciated.

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

Are the lines on different layers in the drawing? Could it be a color issue?

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

(OP)
all items are on the same layer. and same color.

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

If the printer preview looks OK but the print is faulty it is usually a printer driver issue.

cheers

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

We fixed a similar problem like CBL said.  Our old HP LaserJet 5100 had a bad pcl version/driver (?) and after changing versions,everything printed correctly.  

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all items are on the same layer. and same color.
  What do you mean the lines are on the same layer?  Did you draw lines on the drawing sheet?
SW07 SP2.0

Flores

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

(OP)
a co-worker and i both have the same print driver installed he can print i can not. seems to be a gremlin....

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

(OP)
it is a HP LaserJet 5100 PCL 6. where did you get the fix from?

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

(OP)
i visited the hp site and downloaded the latest driver. the promblem i had was sporadic. everything prints now, so hopefully it is fixed. thanks to all for your help.

regards,
Al Novak

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

You never mentioned if the Print preview shows up or not... you just mentioned that your colleague has the same one... IMO that doesn't matter, because each of those drivers were install separately on 2 different machines. So just because they are the same doesn't mean its going to be perfect for both, because one could change something on one computer that it doesn't on another.

Glad to see you got it fixed, but CBL actually answered this correctly and it turns out to be the driver anyway.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376

RE: printing solidworks drawing missing lines

adn1975,
Is it happening with all views and sections? I had problems with sectioning and details views. I went to the view where it was created and edited the sketch and then select re-build.

Macduff spin
Colin Fitzpatrick
Mechanical Design Engineer
Solidworks 2006 SP 4.1
Dell 380 XP Pro SP 2
nVida Quadro FX 3450/4000



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