rotate printing/plotting
Paul Jolley
DesignJet. It is a D-size inkjet plotter. I need to rotate the plot
before sending the data to the printer for a D-size plot because a
D-size sheet must be loaded in portrait orientation. If the plot data
is landscape I have to rotate it somehow. Does anyone have this
combination of equipment or have any ideas.
It seems that the plotter will not let me rotate if using Windows
drivers. Previously when using AutoCAD I would rotate the plot in
AutoCAD and then send to the printer. In SolidWorks I haven't found a
way to rotate or any other way to print a D-plot. Any ideas are
appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
Scott
I used a 350C HP plotter at my old job. To print a D size print I went to
the page setup before printing and picked portrait. The default was
landscape. That away the printer rotated the file at the printing stage and
then printed it out as a Portrait. You as a SW user can not rotate the
template in a drawing like you can with AutoCRAP (Excuse my opinion of it!).
The setting is in the printer, not in the CAD package.
Hope that helps,
Scott
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Paul Jolley
print a D-size plot I have to insert the paper in portrait
orientation. When I try to print a D-size landscape drawing I am not
able to rotate it to fit the paper. Anyone know how to rotate a
landscape drawing to print on paper loaded in portrait orientation.
In AutoCAD I could rotate the plot and then send it to the plotter.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul Jolley
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Scott
> some of the plotter settings it should automatically rotate your D size
plot.
I thought that's what happened when I was using the HP350C, but I was unsure
so I went with the page setup fix.
> I hate the fact that the cartridges dry up in a couple of days of non use.
When they are not in use...try taking those cartridge's out and put them in
a ziplock bag, and in that bag drop in a damp towel. This will keep them
from drying out for a long period of time.
Hope that helps,
Scott
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> Paul,
>
> I own an HP 350C DesignJet plotter and unless you've tweaked some of the
plotter settings
> it should automatically rotate your D size plot. Are you using the latest
HP Drivers?
> I've never had to change from landscape to portrait in page setup.
> Unless you're still stuck plotting Acrap DWG's you might try resetting all
of the plotter
> settings to their factory defaults. Mine works great with SWX but I hate
the fact that the
> cartridges dry up in a couple of days of non use.
>
> TBone
>
> On 11 Oct 2001 10:57:46 -0700, pjo...@separationspecialists.com (Paul
andrewj
seconds and then wipe them clean.
Regards
Andrew.
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>On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:12:29 -0500, "Scott" <Crede...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Tbone,
>>
>>> some of the plotter settings it should automatically rotate your D size
>>plot.
>>
>>I thought that's what happened when I was using the HP350C, but I was
unsure
>>so I went with the page setup fix.
>>
>>> I hate the fact that the cartridges dry up in a couple of days of non
use.
>>
>>When they are not in use...try taking those cartridge's out and put them
in
>>a ziplock bag, and in that bag drop in a damp towel. This will keep them
>>from drying out for a long period of time.
>
>Hi Scott,
>
>That's what the HP tech person suggested I do with them too. They still
crap out or plug
>up in a very short period of time. Maybe it's the hard water here in
So.Cal.
>She also told me HP recommends plotting at least 5 sheets a day for normal
usage. I only
>wish I was that busy (and fast) in my moonlighting endeavors.
>
>Thanks,
>
>TBone
Scott
I only used our HP about 4-8 times a year. So I used the ziplock technique.
I still got a damp towel and cleaned each one before returning them the
carriage.
Scott
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> On Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:12:29 -0500, "Scott" <Crede...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
> >Tbone,
> >
> >> some of the plotter settings it should automatically rotate your D size
> >plot.
> >
> >I thought that's what happened when I was using the HP350C, but I was
unsure
> >so I went with the page setup fix.
> >
> >> I hate the fact that the cartridges dry up in a couple of days of non
use.
> >
> >When they are not in use...try taking those cartridge's out and put them
in
> >a ziplock bag, and in that bag drop in a damp towel. This will keep them
> >from drying out for a long period of time.
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> That's what the HP tech person suggested I do with them too. They still
crap out or plug
> up in a very short period of time. Maybe it's the hard water here in
So.Cal.
> She also told me HP recommends plotting at least 5 sheets a day for normal
usage. I only
> wish I was that busy (and fast) in my moonlighting endeavors.
>
> Thanks,
>
> TBone
>
> >
Jerry Steiger
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Snip
> Since owning this device I have sworn off buying "anything" from HP as
long as I live and
> breath. HP's warranty starts as soon as the device is shipped from their
warehouse so by
> the time it sat in the stockroom of the drafting shop for over a year the
warranty was
> long expired even though I bought it new in the unopened crate. Live and
learn (always the
> hard way).
TBone,
As an ex-HP person, I hate to see them take a beating on service, because
that was always an area that the company took great pride in. If you had
your receipt, the warranty would extend from the day you bought it. Only if
you couldn't prove when you bought it did they go back to the manufacturing
date. And they added a couple of months (different for each division,
depending on how fast their products move off the shelf) to account for the
usual amount of time it took to get into your hands.
Of course that was the old HP. Things may be different now.
Jerry Steiger
At Work Computers
Jeff Moon
ON the AutoRotate option in the plotter. Without this option, I could not
use the Windows driver to define the orientation of the plot.
Jeff
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