Printer settings include the printer name and driver and the printing of lines, colors, text, etc. You can set the properties in a dialog box with two tabs.
The printer settings are defined when adding a printer. You can
change the printer settings temporarily for a specific printing
task. The change will be valid until the software is started again
and the default printer settings will be read from the settings
file.
Name
Sets the printer name, which will be displayed in the printer menu. Type a name for the printer.
Destination
Sets the print destination. The destination can be either a printer or a file, for example printing a PostScript file in ./print.eps. The file will be saved in the ../system/programs folder. Select a suitable option.
Driver
Sets the printer driver, which can be either HPGL/2, Other (another driver), PostScript Level 2P or Windows driver. Select a suitable option.
Driver code
Will be determined automatically by the choice of driver.
Remove hidden lines
Sets whether hidden lines are to be printed or not. Select a suitable option.
Colors by screen and true linewidths
Sets whether lines are to be printed with colors according to the screen and widths according to the scale or not.
If you select Yes.
Linewidth file on page 2 is set to [None].
Pen group on page 2 is set to -1.
This means that none of the pen sets will be used, but the line widths will be printed in the scale.
For example, 0.5 mm wide line will be printed as 1 mm wide, if the scale in the Print dialog box is 2:1. In other words, the line will be printed with the true line width taking into account the printing scale.
If you select No.
you select a positive value for the Pen group on page 2.
you select to print lines either according to the Pen group or the Linewidth file on page 2.
Colors by screen and true linewidths on page 1 is set to No.
Print grid
Sets whether the grid is to be printed or not. Select a suitable option.
Print text
Sets whether text is to be printed as text or lines. Select a suitable option.
Print circles
Sets whether circles are to be printed as lines or circles. Select a suitable option.
Default sheet
Sets the size of the default sheet when any driver other than a Windows driver is selected. Select the sheet size, if necessary
Number of copies
Sets the number of copies to be printed. The default value is 1. Define a value, if necessary.
Initial, final and information string
Sets the strings for the printer. Define the strings, if necessary.
Printing the line widths (and colors) of the pens used in the drawing can be set using a line-width file, pen set or line-width values typed in the dialog box.
A line-width file sets the plotter pen widths and colors to be used in printing. By default, the line width file Normal.lset is used. The line-width file will be read from the fonts directory, in which you can create your own line-width files. The following files are included in the directory as examples: Thin.lset (all lines printed using the line width 0.18), Thick.lset (all lines printed using the line width 0.50) and Color.lset (colors for the lines widths). The extension .lset needs to be added to all line-width file names. When you select a line-width file, the printing will be done according to the values in the file, even if you have typed a pen-set value in the dialog box.
Linewidth
The pen widths set in the Linewidth field in the dialog box will be used in printing when no line-width file has been determined, even if you have typed a pen-set value.
Print date
Sets the file name and date to be included in the printout. You can choose the center, bottom, top, etc. option for printing these. By default, the date is not included in the printout.
Pen group
The line widths in the drawing will be printed according to the pen-set values when no line-width file has been set. When you type no value for the pen set, the default pen set will be used. The pen-set value -1 will print the line widths as they have been drawn in the drawing.
Resolution
The default print resolution value is 300 dpi. You can change this value if necessary.
Other register
Sets one other register.
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