Hello. If anyone can help me with this perplexing problem, I would be very grateful.
I'm trying to plot drawings involving architectural backgrounds and symbols overtop of the backgrounds.
I've created a Named Plot Style, with settings for the Background and the Foreground. The Background is set to be Black, 0.3 mm, and print at 25% screening. The Foreground is set to be Black, 0.6 mm, and 100% screening. I have preset layers for the types of symbols and for the backgrounds; they are all set to the appropriate plot style setting. When I create a new drawing, I put the backgrounds (an XREF containing a multitude of its own layers) on the Backgrounds layer (with Backgrounds plot style setting), and I insert Blocks of the symbols from the Design Center, and place each of those on the appropriate Symbol layer (with Foreground plot style setting).
When I plot the drawing to the plotter (HP Design Jet 600), the background comes out fine; a light grey color. The foreground symbols, however, appear with some thick lines and some thin lines, completely at random; blocks and even single text objects contain both lineweights. I've tried plotting on all three settings available on the plotter; Draft, Enhanced, and Final. That didn't fix the problem. I tried printing the drawing on an ordinary printer (HP Design Jet 970 CSE Professional Series), and the drawing came out perfect.
So the question is; what's wrong with the plotter and/or the plot style settings that could be causing this problem? It seems like either entirely a plotter problem, or a conflict between the plotter and the settings. I'm clueless.
In addition, the Design Jet 970 CSE printer outputs a quality of lines 100 times better than the Design Jet 600 plotter. Is there a way to enhance the plotter's quality to match or approximate that of the printer?
Thank you for any replies.
G McKenna
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gmckenna@intertechassociates.com
I'm trying to plot drawings involving architectural backgrounds and symbols overtop of the backgrounds.
I've created a Named Plot Style, with settings for the Background and the Foreground. The Background is set to be Black, 0.3 mm, and print at 25% screening. The Foreground is set to be Black, 0.6 mm, and 100% screening. I have preset layers for the types of symbols and for the backgrounds; they are all set to the appropriate plot style setting. When I create a new drawing, I put the backgrounds (an XREF containing a multitude of its own layers) on the Backgrounds layer (with Backgrounds plot style setting), and I insert Blocks of the symbols from the Design Center, and place each of those on the appropriate Symbol layer (with Foreground plot style setting).
When I plot the drawing to the plotter (HP Design Jet 600), the background comes out fine; a light grey color. The foreground symbols, however, appear with some thick lines and some thin lines, completely at random; blocks and even single text objects contain both lineweights. I've tried plotting on all three settings available on the plotter; Draft, Enhanced, and Final. That didn't fix the problem. I tried printing the drawing on an ordinary printer (HP Design Jet 970 CSE Professional Series), and the drawing came out perfect.
So the question is; what's wrong with the plotter and/or the plot style settings that could be causing this problem? It seems like either entirely a plotter problem, or a conflict between the plotter and the settings. I'm clueless.
In addition, the Design Jet 970 CSE printer outputs a quality of lines 100 times better than the Design Jet 600 plotter. Is there a way to enhance the plotter's quality to match or approximate that of the printer?
Thank you for any replies.
G McKenna
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gmckenna@intertechassociates.com
