Wingding plt.?

Whenever I plot a *.plt file a series of 1 lined pages with wingding like characters on them are printed instead of the actual printout of the file. How do I fix this? I don't know what type of plt files these are (such as hp-gl2, etc.) because they came from another company. So I'd like a fix for just about any plt document if its can be done.

 

Your plotter does not interpret the data in the files, it prints the data.
That is one of the things that can happen when the files are not made with a
driver for that particular device. You'll have to ask the people who gave
you these files for what plotter they are made. Then try to find a device
that can digest them, or ask the sender to create new files, using a driver
for your plotter.

Govert

characters on them are printed instead of the actual printout of the file.
How do I fix this? I don't know what type of plt files these are (such as
hp-gl2, etc.) because they came from another company. So I'd like a fix for
just about any plt document if its can be done.

 

Is there any way around this? The files weren't actually "given" to us. We took the company over and as a result we took over their computer data as well. There is no one left to get a hold of. Have any other suggestions?

 

Check the PLT with our Free PLT Viewer....

http://www.tgsoft.ch/English/Bitview.htm

If the preview is OK, then the file should work fine on HP Designjet
plotters, like HP Designjet 75x or 105x.

What plotter are you trying to plot ?

Regards
Toni

We took the company over and as a result we took over their computer data as
well. There is no one left to get a hold of. Have any other suggestions?

 

Thanks, I'll try it right now.

 

HP laserJet 5 should understand HPGL/2, if you installed a PCL5eor PCL6 driver. If you only have a PostScript driver, youl'll get the Windings...
You could have 2 printers (one PS and one PCL5e) using the same port and pointing to the same machine.
You could also use GoPlot to "pick up" the PLT files and direct them to the printerqueue, but you also need a queue with a PCL5e driver.
http://www.output.tmfweb.nl/GoPlot.html

 

Using the PCL5e driver for Laserjet 5si didn't work. Are there any other driver formats that could possibly translate the *.plt files into a readable format for the printer?