items missing from plot

Help,

I have been having this problem from the beginning of getting our new
computers installed.

When sending a plot to our HP plotter, every once in a while, items will be
missing from the plot (blocks, lines, circles, etc.....with no consistency).
This is a great concern as our drawings have to be exact.

I've determined that it's only occurring on my computer, not on anyone
else's yet (thank God for that much) and have no idea why. I do however get
an error on the first plot that I make when starting a new session of
AutoCAD, it's as follows;

You have at least one Windows System Printer configured for IPP_10.0.0.3, so
the HDI driver cannot open IPP_10.0.0.3 directly. The output will be spooled
through a System Printer, which usually works fine. (Se have tried to select
a System Printer that will not corrupt the output.) The HDI I/O port
configuration will not, however, take effect. To allow direct output to
IPP_10.0.0.3, all System Printers configured to use IPP_10.0.0.3 must be
reconfigured not to use IPP_10.0.0.3. The appearance of this dialog may be
controlled in Tools/Options/Plotting.

I really don't have any idea what this means, and neither did our AutoCAD
reseller have any clue. It's completely pointless to contact our reseller,
so does anyone here have any ideas as to how to get this to plot correctly?

Information
Plotter : HP DesignJet 430 (roll-feed)
Driver : HP DesignJet Printer Driver v4.65
AutoCAD 2002

 

If I understand the message well, you are using a HDI driver, not the
DesignJet v4.65 driver that you mention in the bottom of your post. So the
question is what happens when you do use that (Windows/system) driver. I
would also check what happens when you plot to file first and then send that
file to the plotter - this may help to find where it goes wrong.

Govert

 

Dean,

What's the proper way to set-up to the Window's driver? Do I remove the PC3
file? Do I have to set my plotter as the default print device? Where do I
tell AutoCAD to use that system device?

Thanks for the help,

Xolo

"Dean Saadallah" <info from pendean> wrote in message
Would you still have the same problem if you skipped the PC3 file and
plotted direct to the Windows driver?

 

Oops,

Forget what I asked Dean, I had the HIDE SYSTEM PRINTERS box
checked......DUH!!!

I'll give it a try and tell you about the results.

Thanks again,

Xolo

"Dean Saadallah" <info from pendean> wrote in message
Would you still have the same problem if you skipped the PC3 file and
plotted direct to the Windows driver?

 

Well, I've tried the system printer and it seems to be plotting correctly. I
just have to try it when I have multiple drawings to be sent to the plotter
to see if it sends them all properly, and creates all of the lines.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I hope that this solves my problems,

Xolo

Help,

I have been having this problem from the beginning of getting our new
computers installed.

When sending a plot to our HP plotter, every once in a while, items will be
missing from the plot (blocks, lines, circles, etc.....with no consistency).
This is a great concern as our drawings have to be exact.

I've determined that it's only occurring on my computer, not on anyone
else's yet (thank God for that much) and have no idea why. I do however get
an error on the first plot that I make when starting a new session of
AutoCAD, it's as follows;

You have at least one Windows System Printer configured for IPP_10.0.0.3, so
the HDI driver cannot open IPP_10.0.0.3 directly. The output will be spooled
through a System Printer, which usually works fine. (Se have tried to select
a System Printer that will not corrupt the output.) The HDI I/O port
configuration will not, however, take effect. To allow direct output to
IPP_10.0.0.3, all System Printers configured to use IPP_10.0.0.3 must be
reconfigured not to use IPP_10.0.0.3. The appearance of this dialog may be
controlled in Tools/Options/Plotting.

I really don't have any idea what this means, and neither did our AutoCAD
reseller have any clue. It's completely pointless to contact our reseller,
so does anyone here have any ideas as to how to get this to plot correctly?

Information
Plotter : HP DesignJet 430 (roll-feed)
Driver : HP DesignJet Printer Driver v4.65
AutoCAD 2002

 

Hey Dean, or anyone else,

Now that I've had to switch drivers, how can I go through all of the drawing
files and change the pagesetup with some sort of LISP or script? I've tried
getting pagesetup to show at the command line, but it always pops up the
dialog box. Is this possible to accommodate or am I hooped?

Xolo

"Dean Saadallah" <info from pendean> wrote in message
Glad you found it. Post back if you get stuck or need more answers.