Peer to peer/ shared plotter

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Theo, Aug 12, 2003.

  1. Theo

    Theo Guest

    We share a plotter attached to an old workstation - basically acting as our
    plot server even though it's just a win98se box with print sharing enabled.
    Works fine.

    On my new XP workstation, I setup my PC to share the plotter. In my XP
    [LOCAL] printer properties, it allows me to change the driver for the remote
    plotter.

    Is this a good idea, something to be left alone, effective in the least? OR
    Does the plot server need to be the box that gets the new HP driver?

    TIA
     
    Theo, Aug 12, 2003
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  2. What you describe is our network. Win98 server with HP600 and two
    workstations, XP Pro and AutoCAD 2004.

    All we did was let each work station install the drivers that it wanted and
    away we went.

    No problems. Even less if the shared plotter name is the same for all work
    stations.

    Dave Alexander
     
    Dave Alexander, Aug 12, 2003
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  3. Theo

    Theo Guest

    [I bet you'll try to say your office has glare issues too, right?]

    Yeah, I just poked around a bit on the XP workstation - and the printer
    properties offers to let me change the driver for the printer on another PC.
    Seems like the PC attached to the plotter would "own" the driver - but the
    option is there and I wonder if its best to just leave it alone...

    I agree that naming conventions are important - helps a great deal w/ shared
    page setups




     
    Theo, Aug 12, 2003
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  4. The drivers for Win98 and XP are different, but you know that.

    Now if you want to talk about glare, we are in an old ware house facing
    North with the wall being mostly a 12 foot wide by 14 foot high overhead
    door which is all window panels.Up on the roof behind us is a 6 foot by 6
    foot skylight. Directly behind us is the boss's office with a nice big 8
    foot by 8 foot window.
    Spring and fall, we have snow on the ground and clear skys. The sun
    reflecting off the snow shines in the front and reflects off the boss's big
    window. To compond things the sun also shines throught the skylight directly
    on all the work stations in sequence as it swings around. Then, the
    landloard put mirror around the base of the skylight so than not only would
    we get direct sunlight in the morning but also reflected sunlight later in
    the day.

    Let here it for natural light.

    Dave Alexander
     
    Dave Alexander, Aug 12, 2003
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  5. Theo

    Theo Guest

    good grief - that's harsh. Do you use LCD screens or what?

    I only get bad glare in the morning (east exposure) in a former 1st grade
    classroom..
     
    Theo, Aug 12, 2003
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  6. Its only twice a year for a coulple of weeks so we set up beach umbrellas
    for shade and put little paper umbrellas in our coffee cups. And they hung
    some black cloth under the skylight for shade.

    Dave Alexander
     
    Dave Alexander, Aug 12, 2003
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