Plotting management

I am looking for some recommendations to help on some plotting management
issues. I'm not real sure where to begin. We have both AutoCAD Arch Desktop
3.3 and AutoCAD LT 2002 on our workstations. Currently we have a KIP 2910
plotter. We plot a good volume (though not excessive) and I am looking for a
better way to manage these plot jobs. Out AutoCAD is configured to use teh
KIP software but we still must enter all the requested info (ie. jobnumber
(since this is unique) and description) won every page when plotting from
withing AutoCAD itself. I would alos like to bettr analyse teh log file
created on the plotter controller so I can track waste and such.

Are there software tools available to help manage plotting better than the
default capabilities of AutoCAD of the plotters software. Does anyone else
here use them adn can recommend anything that will help me out.

 

You may want to check out a product we offer called Plot Minder.

http://cadfx.com/pmind

It allows you to record all of the information you need to recover your
plotting costs. Everything is automatically captured transparently, even
the job number. There is even a Flash demo on the product page that can be
viewed. This plot tracking software works inside AutoCAD and is not
specific to any printer or plotter.


Best regards,

Matt Pearson
CAD fx, Inc.
(877) 741-2175
(810) 732-0085

 

I recommend Argos Print Tracking from Sepialine
http://www.sepialine.com/argos/print/ We have been using for it for over
a year so far no complaints, It is user friendly, centralized
administration and installation.


Jose