printing on a machine without ACAD

my plotter took a crap.. i called tech service & explained my problem, they
told me to dig a hole & puch it in. long story short... I have ordered a new
plotter , how can I make large prints in the meantime.. I called Kinkos,
they can do it if I get em into jpeg or pdf formats... any ideas how to do
that? I have volo view & Whip , but neither seem capable.

 

Longshot wrote:
"I called Kinkos, they can do it if I get em into jpeg or pdf
formats... any ideas how to do that?"

Do an export command! File export, then window around the drawing. You
can save it as a BMP file. To turn it into JPG all you need is Windows
Paint.

Hope this helps. If you need more info write me @
cadguy2

 

won't the quality be terrible on the large scale print?

 

Yes, anytime you save as BMP or JPEG the quality won't be as good as if
you plotted right from AutoCAD, "but it's not that bad"!

Send me an email address and I'll send you a couple of my drawing saved
this way. Then, you can decide for your self.

cadguy2

 

exporting the drawing out to become a .bmp file does not recognize the parts
inside viewports. all I get is the text & title block,
if I do it from modelspace, I don't get the titleblock or dimensions

 

What version of AutoCAD are you using? I am using R14.

I've never tried it using viewports, but I have no problems exporting
drawings when in Modelspace. It's how I send sample drawings to
possible clients. I design Fire Alarm Systems. I actually export the
drawing, then insert it into Microsoft Word as a picture. I attach it
to an email message and send it to the client. Works great, especially
if they don't have AutoCAD!

None of my drawings/pictures are missing anything. I don't know what to
tell you.

 

R2000i.. actually the problem is with drawings someone else created that i
just need to print for estimating & material takeoffs. looks like i will
just wait until my new printer gets here
i bought an HP 110 plus. with a c size media tray that accepts d size paper
on sheet feed. 1200 x 1200 dpi for about 1388.00... my old 750c plus was
aover 10k 8 years ago

 

Longshot wrote:
"looks like i will just wait until my new printer gets here".

Cool, sorry it took so long to reply, had to step out for a while.

I have never printed a JPG or BMP on anything but 8.5x11, and 11x17
size paper. I'm not really sure how something might look on paper the
size of 36x42!

I actually do the same process when adding pictures to my website
http://eastcoastcad.netfirms.com, look to the left for a link that says
Drafting Services for a couple of pictires.
Good luck dude, been good talking with ya!

cadguy2

 

Kinko's can't do a PLT file? Find out what hardware they are using and
create a plot file for that particular hardware. They should be able to
handle it. If not, find another service provider.

 

PDF995. Free and works great.

 

love the concept, however, it makes my acad crash & then the new PDF still
doesn't open.
what version you got?

 

You could also try PDFCreator (also free)
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57796&package_id=53473&release_id=228013

 

I haven't used Autocad in over a year. Probably never will again. Use to use
2002. PDF995 worked fine with it as it presently does with Turbocad and
Intellicad.

 

thanks to everyone..

I did get this one to work, seems about the same as the PDF995


PDFCreator (also free)
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=57796&package_id=53473&release_id=228013