Howdy folks: For the past year or so I've been making PLT files instead of plotting directly to the plotters. To plot these files, I would use the CAMMAND PROMPT method such as: COPY *.PLT \\SERVER\PRINTER This has been working wonderfully! Now we have upgraded our computer from the NT 4.0 os to XP Pro. Additionally, we have upgraded to AutoCAD 2004 from AutoCAD 2000 & 2002. The problem I have is now when I use the same command prompt method to send the PLT files to the plotters, I get all sorts of phantom plots that show up in the printer que. These phantom files seem to vary in behavior too. Sometimes there is only 1 or 2 per real file, sometimes there are 3 or 4 for each. Sometimes these phantom files go away between real files and merley slow down the printing, other times they completely plug up the printer and hault the sending of additional files. Is there any way to fix this???? I've tried using the command: print *.plt \\server\plotter this did not work. Any suggestion? Thanks a Ton! Erik
Dean, Maybe you can help me with the next item. I've a cuttertable of 3.5 meter by 2.5 meter. The software accept PLT-files. Now I'm drawing in AutoCad 2000. This drawings are to big in dimentions to use a normal printerdriver and to make a print to file-document (or you maybe know a printerdriver who accept these dimentions). The only way it works now is to save as AutoCad-file and open it in CorelDraw. Then in Coreldraw I can export the file to a PLT-file. Only the dimentions are not correct anymore. I need now 2 drawing programs and I like to use AutoCad. Can I use this Print file program to create this PLT-files with these big dimentions without using a printerdriver? Already thanks for your help. Nico.