How to plot in Pro/E on a UNIX box?
How to plot in Pro/E on a UNIX box?
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Can someone enlighten me on how to plot from Pro/E on a UNIX box?
I've been using pro on a PC for about 4 years now and can plot just fine.
Now, I'm working on a UNIX box and I'm not sure how to plot.
I think the problem is with the plotter command:
I know it needs "lp -dPLOTTERNAME".... but, is that all?
We're not having any luck, and I'm the only pro/e "expert" at my place of employment.
I've been using pro on a PC for about 4 years now and can plot just fine.
Now, I'm working on a UNIX box and I'm not sure how to plot.
I think the problem is with the plotter command:
I know it needs "lp -dPLOTTERNAME".... but, is that all?
We're not having any luck, and I'm the only pro/e "expert" at my place of employment.





RE: How to plot in Pro/E on a UNIX box?
I'm working on an A0 sized drawing, and I'm trying to plot directly from Pro/E.
In Pro/E, I select:
"Print" from the "File" menu.
That brings up a dialog box where I select the destination printer: "DESIGNJET750C"
I hit "configure..." and set the size to "A0" on the page tab, and "Full Plot" for the plot option on the "model" tab.
I select the "To Printer" box
I then hit "OK" and I'm taken back to the Print box. I select "All" for sheets, and set the # of Copies to "1".
In the Plotter Command box, I'm not exactly sure what to type. Our UNIX plotter name is set to "PLOTTER"
I've tried "lp -d PLOTTER drawing_file_name.plt"
and "lp -d PLOTTER"
and "lp -dPLOTTER"
and "lp -dPLOTTER drawing_file_name.plt"
But, it's like there's nothing sent to the plotter.
If I create a file then, I can send the file to the plotter via the UNIX prompt with either "lp -dPLOTTER drawing_file_name.plt" or "lp -d PLOTTER drawing_file_name.plt" However, when I do this, the text on the drawing and the dimensions are not very sharp - they are very pixelated and unreadable (even at full scale).
I've tried making generic post script files, but I can only get an 8.5"x11" image of a corner of the drawing (which look as if the text and dimensions are readable).
Any help here is appreciated. In the mean time, I have to transfer all of my files to my PC and start up Pro/E on that to plot (which is a PITA since my PC is VERY slow).
RE: How to plot in Pro/E on a UNIX box?
This might help, unless you've already tried lpr.
lpr -d PRINTER_NAME proe_drawing_plotfile.plt
Michael
RE: How to plot in Pro/E on a UNIX box?
lp -dhp5000 -c -onb file_name
I think the -onb suppressed printing a banner page, not sure what the -c did.
lp -s -c -ddesignjet file_name
In this one the -s was silent mode (I think) so that there was no standard output about the file being printed.
I don't have a UNIX system anymore, just have these old scripts left. But I always got very high quality output.
RE: How to plot in Pro/E on a UNIX box?
type lpstat -a
this will list all printers accepting requests
example
XES0 accepting requests since Nov 17 15:03 2003
config.pro options:
plotter_command lp -dXES0
pen_table_file /RA7000/admin/proe/penmap/table.pnt
I am running Pro/E 2001 on a Sun Ultra 10
Print with no problem
I never specify paper size. The drawqing format dictates paper size. Default scale is 1:1