Setting up an unusual printer in .cdsplotinit

Hello,

I'm trying to set up printing to a Nashuatec D422 printer from Cadence
DFWII applications (release 4.4.6). I have no idea what to set the
printer options to in the .cdsplotinit file. I have tried a couple of
printers such as

Hewlett-Packard Laserjet 4MV / postscript1
Generic 600dpi Adobe Postscript Level 1 Plotter / postscript1

but these all print endless pages of (seemingly) random text to the
Nashuatec printer instead of a Composer schematic or whatever.
Printing to this printer works OK for a text file using the
command-line (using lp -d PRINTER_NAME). I've looked at the Cadence
help and also any files in the Cadence tree which I think may help me
(e.g. plotcap files in $CADENCE_HOME/tools/plot etc) but without
success.

Can anybody give me any pointers as to how I can figure out the
appropriate options / settings to use in the .cdsplotinit file.

Many Thanks,
John Kelly.

 

John> Hello, I'm trying to set up printing to a Nashuatec D422
John> printer from Cadence DFWII applications (release 4.4.6). I
John> have no idea what to set the printer options to in the
John> .cdsplotinit file. I have tried a couple of printers such as

John> Hewlett-Packard Laserjet 4MV / postscript1 Generic 600dpi
John> Adobe Postscript Level 1 Plotter / postscript1

John> but these all print endless pages of (seemingly) random text
John> to the Nashuatec printer instead of a Composer schematic or
John> whatever. Printing to this printer works OK for a text file
John> using the command-line (using lp -d PRINTER_NAME). I've looked
John> at the Cadence help and also any files in the Cadence tree
John> which I think may help me (e.g. plotcap files in
John> $CADENCE_HOME/tools/plot etc) but without success.

John> Can anybody give me any pointers as to how I can figure out
John> the appropriate options / settings to use in the .cdsplotinit
John> file.

John> Many Thanks, John Kelly.
Hi John

Are you sure that is a postscript printer? If not you'll need to setup a
filter in your lp system to convert postscript to whatever the printer
understands.

Satya