how to plot A1 LANDSCAPE on an A0 roll feed

[Djordje]

how to plot A1 landscape on an A0 roll feed and not waste paper. . .

see attached PDF 'how-to' that took much longer to figure out than it seems!

this was worked out for our practice back in the OS9/archiCAD 6.5 days, and for an HP330 plotter, but the principle stands:

in "Plot Setup":
• set the paper size to 'Custom' and set it's X and Y dimensions as X=618mm, Y=817mm. note that X becomes height rather than width, so simply swap these out for your architectural 'D' paper sizes!

• set margins to 'Normal'

• set orientation to print in portrait down the page (second from left)

• recheck/apply to set.

• pat yourself on the back!

by the way: printing/plotting - i can see no discernible difference between the two using the HP330. and with GIMP print there is nothing new to 'learn'. it basically installs a set of drivers on your machine that enables you to print to many more printers than the default set. (it's a bit more complicated than this, but that's all i need to know!). you then set up your printer (Print Centre or Printer Setup Utility depending on OS version and click 'add') and choose Print Setup and Print rather than Plot in archiCAD/plotmaker.

the advantages AFAIC are being able to use the marquee printing function to a print to a plotter . . .

~/archiben
(OLE is still a no go for the mac)