One last item to address for Printers is margins. Use the shared location defined by your IT staff on the OPTIONS dialog.Įnough background details… What things would I change from the system printer? First and foremost, always filter the page size list only the sizes used by your company. For most folks who work for a company with more than one AutoCAD user, these settings should ultimately be saved to a shared location. If you are self employed, you do not need to edit these paths. These files will be saved in locations defined in your OPTIONS dialog under ‘Printer Support File Path’. Depending on what gets tweaked, an additional file, PMP, will also get created. Tweaks might include removing unwanted page sizes, adjusting margins, or even changing graphics properties. When these settings are tweaked, AutoCAD creates a plotter configuration otherwise known as a PC3 file. AutoCAD configured printers take those system settings and tweak them for use in AutoCAD. Typically, these settings are applicable to general business printing and can include many page sizes never used within AutoCAD. System printers have various settings that are configured by your IT department so all users get the same settings. In AutoCAD, you will see two types of printers System Printers and AutoCAD Configured Printers. Select a printer form the list and move on. I’m going to cover 3 topics that affect the output – Printers, Page Size and Pen Tables. Printing from AutoCAD is all in the details of the setup/configuration used to output a given drawing. But I guess that’s the point we need dive into today. What’s hard is getting consistent reliable output at the desired page size and scale! One common refrain I hear from different companies is why is it so hard to PRINT an AutoCAD drawing? The question really isn’t why is it hard, because its not hard.
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