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0 reduces the color to white. Selecting 100 displays the color at its full intensity.
Screening is effective only if your plotter is configured to plot colors or
grayscale. Also, dithering must be enabled.
Use Dithering
A plotter uses dithering to approximate colors with dot patterns, giving the
impression of plotting with more colors than the ink colors available in the
plotter. If the plotter does not support dithering, the dithering setting is
ignored.
The most common reason for turning off dithering is to avoid false line typing
from dithering of thin vectors and to make dim colors more visible. When
you turn off dithering, colors are mapped to the nearest color, which limits
the range of colors used for plotting. Dithering is available whether you use
the object's color or assign a plot style color.
NOTE Dithering disables merge control.
Convert to Grayscale
When you select Grayscale, the object's colors are converted to grayscale if
the plotter supports grayscale. Light colors, such as yellow, are plotted with
light gray values. Dark colors are plotted with dark gray values. If you clear
Grayscale, the RGB values are used for the object's colors. Conversion to
grayscale is available whether you use the object's color or assign a plot style
color.
Control Plotted Lineweight and Linetype
Both lineweight and linetype can be set as an object property or controlled
when plotted by using a plot style. Lineweight or linetype settings in the plot
style override the object's lineweight or linetype at plot time.
Assign and Display Lineweights
When you select the Lineweight field in the Plot Style Table Editor, a sample
of the lineweight as well as its numeric value are displayed. The default setting
for plot style lineweight is Use Object Lineweight. You can modify an existing
lineweight if the one you need is not available.
To view plot style lineweights in a layout, select Print with Plot Styles under
Plot Style Table in the Page Setup dialog box.
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