Thinking of Switch to Mac
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‎2004-08-25 02:12 AM
New in the office is a Mac G5, and I am considering the switch, but I can't even consider it unless there is a good solution for the plotter. What do you use for your Mac connection?
Thanks in advance.
Mark Burginger
San Diego, CA
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‎2004-10-02 12:32 PM
Appreciated
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‎2004-10-03 04:37 AM
Also the Gimp Print drivers should work, too.
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3
Cheers,
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‎2004-10-10 03:22 PM
I have the hp Printing on my NEW G5
I am also wondering why i have no option of paper orientation in Archicad/Plotmaker to A2 landscape 594 Wide x 420 H
I only get a choice of portrait & 2 directions of rotation of the print direction Only (left/right)
Or have i missed something
By the way (Gen Info) the HP driver works but the one from gimp print wont.
Thanks Again
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‎2004-10-11 12:02 AM
Mark
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‎2004-10-11 12:57 AM
Prints at equal speed as it did in Windowz No More than 1 Min for A2/A1 Line drawing.
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‎2004-10-11 05:55 AM
I can try the driver for the 500, but I don't know if it will work.
Please advise.
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‎2004-10-11 06:10 AM
Joseph wrote:
I switched to Mac also, and VERY happy about it. I have HP450C, all I needed to do was in Plot Setup>Connection and TCP/IP>Setup put the IP address of the plotter and for the port input 9100
Welcome to more designing and less computering!
Joseph Harouni
Thanks Joseph, you got me up and running. I ended up using a Pricom 3100 Print Server, $150 from FRY'S ELECTRONICS. Input the TCP/IP Address into the Archicad plot setup along with the port input number of 9100 = BINGO! This way the plotter is on the network and it is useful from a number of machines. I grant you the Tip-of-the-Week.
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‎2004-10-11 06:58 AM
I dont know much about computing either
No idea what you are talking about (ip address of the ploter) USB-Yes
I only have one Problem Now which is i can't change the orientation of the drawing on the paper. No matter which of the three choices i select in Print setup it prints the same Direction Portrait
A3 prints @ 297w & 420L on (roll) paper 594wx420L
A2 prints @ 420w & 594L on (roll) paper 594wx420L
Other than this i already appreciate the change to Mac & looking forward to seeing Archicad 9 when released here.
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‎2004-10-11 07:25 AM
With this setup you can locate your plotter anywhere on the network.
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‎2004-10-11 07:47 AM
So does plotting perform better than printing & are there any other differences/advantages?