Plotter Issues
Plotter Issues
(OP)
I'm not sure if this an AutoCAD issue or more a plotter issue. Our in house plotter (HP430 DesignJet, is old I know, but we just use it for test prints) and we are having issues with a few sheets that won't print out completely, they will either leave off the title block or random sections. I don't believe it is a memory issue because these sheets don't appear to have anything in common.
Any ideas on what can be the culprit? It appears to start on one computer, but then that file is forever like that.
this is killing our CAD guy and I'm trying to help him out!
Any ideas on what can be the culprit? It appears to start on one computer, but then that file is forever like that.
this is killing our CAD guy and I'm trying to help him out!
RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke





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cherrypicker
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The preview shows the print fine.
cherrypicker,
We've tried doing it both ways and still didn't work, but I'll just run through it again one more time.
Could this be an issue with memory?
RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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David
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I guess it is a plotter issue then huh?
RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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David
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RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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The issue is with either one. But it started with the CAD file, so then we tried printing a PDF and the same issues.
Any ideas?
RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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Since it's happening with both PDF and plots, you might check the drawing itself. It almost sounds as though you have some entities on a non-plotting layer.
HTH
Todd
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Could this be a memory issue on the plotter?
RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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Any chance you can post the file that's giving you the grief?
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But it prints the same from the plotter, if it is a PDF or a .dwg file.
If we send it to the printing place by us, they print it no problem.
I'm guessing no one else has run into similar issues.
RC
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Edmund Burke
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It could be a memory issue but it could also be a driver issue. Make sure you have the latest and greatest drivers, I've seen plotters drop info before and it does usually boil down to a driver being out of date or not liking the OS it's working on. It may also not like being sent across the network, it's possible your network is dropping packets, or the print queue itself is having issues. If you can, try hooking the plotter directly to a PC/Laptop and try the plot that way. This will at least narrow it down for you.
HTH
Todd