shared PC3 files

i've been using a shared PC3 and CTB files on a windows XP network with
AutoCAD 2000i. So far no real issues have come up. Now i'm creating new PC3
files for AutoCAD 2005. I'm having some issues with the PC3 I setup for a
xerox 6050. I think it's the printer more than anything, but the network guy
insists that PC3 shouldn't be shared. Any comments for or against shared
PC3s?

 

The Real JD typed the following message:

Don't share PC3's. It's ok to share the CTB/STB files.

 

I believe that you should share pc3 files. this guarantees that what you
plot on one machine will plot the same on teh other machine.

 

We have been sharing PC3's for a couple of years with no difficulties.
This environment has somewhere around 125 users.

John Postlewait
IS Department
George Butler Associates, Inc.

 

I assume a PC3 file is OS specific? menaing we have to have a Win98.PC3 and
Win2k.Pc3 and a NT.PC3 file?

 

The big trick with the shared PC3's is you have to use the same drivers in order for that to work.
So you put the drivers for your printers and plotters on the network and add that folder to the Driver files in acad config.
Yes if you still have some 98 boxes on the floor they probably will need the o/s drivers.
The 2K machines and the XP boxes work well using the 2K drivers.

John Postlewait
IS Department
George Butler Associates, Inc.