Plotter Configuration (Linux)

The Plotter Configuration window (Linux only)

This window is for SDS2 operating under Linux only. It is used, for example, to set the scaling factor or margins of a to-be-plotted sheet and to confirm that the sheet will be printed the way you want it to be printed.

About this window :

To open the Plotter Configuration window
Options on this window
Exiting the Plotter Configuration window

To open the Plotter Configuration window :

1 . Do one (1) of the following.

Method 1 : Click Home > Export > Plotting .

Method 2 : Choose Interface > Plotting while in Modeling or the Drawing Editor .

2 . The Printing window opens.

2a : Click " Plotter Configuration ."

Current printer: read-only . This is the name of the printer that will be printed to when you click on " Print ." Also, this sets the file type (e.g. HP-GL or HP-GL/2) for sheet files output using " Output sheets ."

To change the current printer: Press " Cancel " to close this window, then " Available Printers ."

------ Printer margins ------

Horizontal (mm): The horizontal distance (in millimeters) from the left/right edge of the sheet to where you want side margins to begin.

This field is for sheets that prints vertically.

Frame advance (mm): The vertical distance (in millimeters) from the bottom/top edge of the sheet to where you want bottom/top margins to begin.

This field is for sheets that print vertically.

------ Image preparation ------

Use HP-GL/2 print size (PS) command? or .

This box should be checked ( ) for HP-GL/2 printers and some compatibles if you wish to adjust scaling.

The box should be not checked ( ) for HP-GL printers and compatibles.

Reduction/enlargement scaling-factor (%): Any percentage between 0.00 and 999.99.

Your printer will scale your sheets by this amount. To plot sheets at their " Drawing scale ," enter 100. A scaling factor of 50% will cause the print to be 1/4 the area it would be at 100%.

Page size (PCL printers only): 8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17 or 8.5 x 14 or etc. This applies only if the " Current printer " is a PCL laser printer. Otherwise this field is disabled .

Select the page size that your laser printer uses. The sheet that you output will automatically be scaled to fit the paper size.

Page orientation (PCL printers only): Portrait or Landscape . This applies only if the " Current printer " is a PCL laser printer. Otherwise this field is disabled .

' Portrait ' should be selected when the long side of the sheet (as shown in the Drawing Editor ) is oriented vertically and you want the sheet to be printed in this same orientation.

' Landscape ' should be selected when the long side of the sheet (as shown in the Drawing Editor ) is oriented horizontally and you want the sheet to be printed in this same orientation.

Image transfer and/or storage encoding: None or 7-BIT or 8-BIT .

' None ' is the normal default.

' 7-BIT ' or ' 8-BIT ' are options for compressing data for faster transmission over a network.

Exiting the Plotter Configuration window :

If you want the changes you have made to this window to apply to future printing you are going to do, press the " OK " button to save those changes and exit the window.

The " Reset " button will undo any changes you have made to this window since you originally accessed it. The window will still remain on screen.

The " Cancel " button lets you exit the window without saving the changes you have made to it.