Plot clipped

Discussion in 'AutoCAD' started by Rob Outman, Aug 30, 2004.

  1. Rob Outman

    Rob Outman Guest

    AutoCAD 2002 sp1
    Dell 650 P4 2.4GHZ dual processor
    Windows 2000 SP4
    1GIG ram
    HP1055CM

    I have a system that refuses to plot properly. This is a brand new system
    and was just built. This is the ONLY system this problem occurs on. If I
    open the drawings and plot them on my system (using the EXACT same settings,
    they plot properly. I am using Windows system printers and not PC3 files.

    I set up a drawing to plot to say... a 24"x36" size sheet. I use the layout
    option as the area to plot, set the sheet size to 24x36, set the scale as
    scale to fit and save the changes to the layout. The layout looks PERFECT
    as does the plot preview. No problems are seen at all. Everything is set
    up to plot the entire drawing to a 24"x36" sheet of paper at the proper
    scale etc...

    Now... when I actually send the plot to the plotter, all it plots is a
    small corner of the drawing to an 8.5x11 size area. It almost acts as if I
    used a windowed area to select just the lower corner of the drawing to
    print.

    I know most of the ins and outs of AutoCAD plotting as I have been using it
    for years, but this issue has me perplexed. I have un-installed and
    re-installed AutoCAD, deleted and re-connected the plotter queues, created
    new drawings with no template files, tried plotting drawings from completely
    different projects, but NOTHING has worked.

    My next step is to uninstall the print queues, uninstall the drivers, hack
    the registry to remove all queue references, re-install it all and see if
    this corrects the problem.

    Before I do this, I want to be sure that no one has an easier solution.

    Any ideas?


    TIA,

    Rob
     
    Rob Outman, Aug 30, 2004
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