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topic: 3523Printing to a plotter...
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posted: 18 Oct 2019 09:48

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johndon
 
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I appreciate that this may not be a Templot issue per se but, after two frustrating hours yesterday, I figured I'd ask anyway.

I have access to an HP DesignJet T520 36" plotter so ideal for printing my trackplan (18' * 3') on a single sheet of paper.

In Templot, on the output menu, I have selected 'print on wide format roll printer/plotter' and the printer itself is set with a custom paper size of 18' * 3'.  I go to Output -> Print Background Templates (track plan), select the printer and the 'preview' appears where it shows the outlines of the sheets of paper.  This, correctly, shows a single sheet of paper and the Print Background Templates dialog shows just one page.  However, when I then choose to print all pages, about 11" of the plan is printed and the plotter cuts the page and prints nothing else.

I've also exported the track plan as a DXF file and imported in to AutoCad.  Using the same printer, the preview in AutoCad shows a printout on a single sheet of paper but, when that is sent to the printer, exactly the same thing happens and the plotter stops and cuts the page after about 11" or so of printing.

It is almost as if a page size of A4 (there or thereabouts) is embeded in the print job...

Any thoughts would be appreciated...

John

posted: 18 Oct 2019 13:40

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Phil O
 
Plymouth - United Kingdom

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Hi John

I vaguely remember this coming up before and the answer was to reduce the length to around 9 foot, regardless of what the printer can handle.

Cheers

Phil

posted: 18 Oct 2019 14:53

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Martin Wynne
 
West Of The Severn - United Kingdom

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Hi John,

It's possible that you haven't made the setting on the printer to use roll paper instead of single sheets. I don't know anything about that printer but I found this on the web:

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I suggest making specific settings there rather than leaving it on automatic.

Also somewhere there will be a setting to tell the printer where to cut the paper. That obviously needs to be set to match a custom paper size.

If no joy, a further option would be to export a single page PDF file from Templot, and try printing it from your PDF reader program. But don't use the Adobe reader, because that has a size limit somewhere below 18ft. Use some other PDF reader which doesn't have such a restriction.

cheers,

Martin.

posted: 20 Oct 2019 19:06

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johndon
 
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll let you know how I get on.

John



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