printing & pen tables

I have a Canon i850 which I don't think has a printer language capable of
handling pen width files (.pnt).

I can print ok but the linewidths are not where I want them. Some are too
thick (white).

What would work, oother than changing line colors in Pro?

THanks

 

: I have a Canon i850 which I don't think has a printer language capable of
: handling pen width files (.pnt).
:
: I can print ok but the linewidths are not where I want them. Some are too
: thick (white).
:
: What would work, oother than changing line colors in Pro?
:
Pen tables should be based on the default system colors. I'venever seen a chart
that says this color will print at this pen width. But, Pro/e's archaic printing
system is based on the system colors. You'd think it would be smart enough to be
able to separate color from line width/style. But this is something that is left
to the routines that send data to the printer drivers. So, it is not WYSIWIG,
having little or nothing to do with how it shows onscreen.

My suggestion would be to set pen widths all to 3, for example, in config.pro with
in the following options:
pen1_line_weight 3
pen2_line_weight 1
pen3_line_weight 1
pen4_line_weight 2
pen5_line_weight 1
pen6_line_weight 2
pen7_line_weight 1
pen8_line_weight 3

These are the default settings but, when all set to three, you can vary them and
test the effect on printing.

David Janes