04 Plots in Black - pretty please

Anyone have any idea why my plots generated in 04 are plotting in color?!

At the same time I am able to plot drawings that were generated in 00 in
black.

Everything seems great except for the life of my I can't figure out how to
get them to print in black. Same "Plot Style Table", same "Page Setup Name",
same "Plotter Configuration" for both plots - one gets out in color and the
other in black and white.

Any ideas? I do have one penweight that I want to print in color, so I'd
like not to set the printer itself to print only in black...

- Jonathan

 

People still plot in B&W??

 

why in the world would anyone print in color? Maybe if you're a graphics
artist doing presentation work, but in the real world (construction for me)
everything is blackline copied repeatedly anyway...so, no need for color

btw, can I get a Mary Kay catalog
Dave
DDP

 

Perhaps you are in a style dependant plot style table (.stb) instead of
color dependant (.ctb)? If so, at the command line, type in CONVERTPSTYLES.
That should fix your problem and allow you to use your default ctb files.

 

who are you talking to? I just wanted a Mary Kay catalog...

 

Hi Dennis.

Thanks. I will check into this command for future use. Helpful.

For some reason I was able to get the damn thing to go through in Black just
now after reloading the Postscript Driver.

Does anyone happen to know if you have to run ACAD plots through a HP
Postscript Driver in order to get the pen colors to work correctly with 04
or XP?

Thanks again Dennis. Great to get help with these "arcane details of the cad
literati".

- Jonathan

 

All of our shop drawings are in color along with the vellums that we sign
off. Makes it much easier for the field to read and follow....

 

your "field" must work indoors then because in my experience color printing
is tough to read in sunlight...but different strokes for different folks

Another thought about color plotting for field use...you must have some
standardization regarding what's what color or it could get real confusing.
Not a problem when everything is black on white.
Dave

 

Both Outside and Inside Commerical MEP work. And we do have a color
standard. We also plot color on yellow paper for spool cuts that our shop
uses..