where is the plotter info stored within the drawings?

I changed plotters and removed the old plotter device, drivers, everything
pertaining to it, yet when I plot a drawing that had once plotted to the old
plotter, it says it cant find the old plotter. Why is it looking for it,
and where is that information stored?

Kinda stumped here.

 

This has always been a fact of life. Merely choose a plotter you now are using
and set it to save the new plotter configuration.

 

Try this...

(vl-load-com)
(vla-get-configname (vla-get-activelayout (vla-get-activedocument
(vlax-get-acad-object))))

Will return the plotter name...


A sample of what I use to modify:

(defun designjet3042Sheet (color / lis lays layouts oname updatetree finl)
(if (choice "Landscape?")(setq rot 1)(setq rot 0))
(setq lis '())
(setq finl (choiceno "Final Print?..NO for Half Scale"))
(setq lays (listboxtall "Select" "Select Layouts" (acad_strlsort
(layoutlist))))
(setq layouts (vla-get-layouts (vla-get-activedocument
(vlax-get-acad-object))))
(prompt "\nWorking, Please wait...")
(foreach n lays
(progn
(spinner)
(setq lay (vla-item layouts n))
(vla-refreshplotdeviceinfo lay)
(vla-put-configname lay "HP DesignJet 1050C Sheet.pc3")
(vla-put-canonicalmedianame lay "User286")
(vla-put-paperunits lay 0)
(vla-put-plothidden lay 0)
(vla-put-plotrotation lay rot)
(vla-put-plottype lay 1)
(vla-put-plotviewportborders lay 0)
(vla-put-plotviewportsfirst lay :vlax-true)
(vla-put-plotwithlineweights lay :vlax-true)
(vla-put-plotwithplotstyles lay :vlax-true)
(vla-put-scalelineweights lay 0)
(vla-put-showplotstyles lay 0)
(vla-put-standardscale lay 0)
(if color
(if finl
(vla-put-stylesheet lay "Final Print Color.stb")
(vla-put-stylesheet lay "Final Print Half Scale Color.stb")
)
(if finl
(vla-put-stylesheet lay "Final Print.stb")
(vla-put-stylesheet lay "Final Print Half Scale.stb")
)
)
(vla-put-usestandardscale lay :vlax-true)
)
)
(princ)
)

Good luck.

Don