Problems getting PM to plot with my new printer

[Anonymous]

I just purchased an HP Designjet 110 with a paper roll to do my own plotting. That’s the good news. The bad news is that when I hit Plot, I get the following error message:

"TCP/IP network plotter has not been selected"

Apparently, in the Plot Setup menu, you have to choose a connection. The only choice I have is TCP/IP (Modem Port, Printer Port and AppleTalk are greyed out). Very strange. Is this the only way PM connects to a plotter? I tried switching to the other HP plotters listed, and the result is the same. BTW, the DesignJet 110nr is not listed, so I chose DesignJet at the top of the HP list

Maybe one of you guys can help me with this? I'm able to print straight out of AC, but I’d much rather use PM.
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[Stress Co_]

southpaw wrote:
My question to you, Marc, is this: How do you get PM to print a drawing without tiling it on several pages? Do you have to limit the number of drawings per page?

Not knowing how well you know Plotmaker......

Do you have "master layouts" setup?

Attached is my 24" x 36" sheet settings.

You need to do this.... then apply it to the "Layout" your trying to print.

You should see your scale drawing paper with your drawings placed, just as you want it to print.

See the next screen shot........

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Now in plotmaker go FILE> page setup

Select the paper size that corresponds to the sheet size your using plotmaker.

You will most likely need to create 24 x 36 as a custom paper size.

Do it by clicking the Settings bar (on the "page setup window) and hit "custom paper size", use the same size/margins you set in plot maker.

Get the orientation right.

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Now go FILE> print

Select the correct printer.

On the 3rd "pull down" tab.... scroll down to Plotmaker....
It will open a print options window.

You should be able to tell here wether or not you'll be printing to a single sheet or multiples.

If it shows multiple sheets... CHECK THE "USE MARGINS OF DEVICE" BUTTON.

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One last thing to check is: Paper Type/quality...... make sure the Source is where you want your paper to come from.

When I do test plots.... I'll reuse the back of earlier test plots by selecting manual feed ... and hand feed the sheets (that paper don't grow on trees you know, Oh wait...it does).

That should get you there. Good luck.

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southpaw wrote:
Also, how do you set the printer up for printing using the ethernet cable? I work out of my home, so I'm not on a multi-computer network with a server. I would just be connecting from my printer's Ethernet cable.

I just hooked the printer direct to my G5 with an ethernet cable (You may need to check with support on if it needs to be a "cross-over" cable). Then, As far as I can remember........ i went to Print setup utility, add printer (with Rendezvous selected) and it located the printer and added it to the list.

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Southpaw:

Link just straightened me out on a redundancy.

Set your paper size in: File> "Page setup"

Create your "Master Layout", selecting "Import settings from printer"

When you print, go Plotmaker Options> Print options> select "use margins of master layout".

Sorry if that was confusing.