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Quick Reference

Commands

PLOT

Plots a drawing to a plotter, printer, or file.

Plot to Raster File Formats

The nonsystem raster driver supports several raster file formats, including

Windows BMP, CALS, TIFF, PNG, TGA, PCX, and JPEG. The raster driver is

most commonly used to plot to files for desktop publishing.

All but one of the formats supported by this driver produce “dimensionless”

raster files that have size in pixels but do not have size in inches or millimeters.

The Dimensional CALS format is for plotters that can accept CALS files. If

your plotter accepts CALS files, you must specify a real paper size and

resolution. Specify the resolution in dots per inch in the Vector Graphics pane

of the Plotter Configuration Editor.

By default, the raster driver plots only to files. However, you can select Show

All Ports on the Ports page of the Add-a-Plotter wizard or the Ports tab in the

Plotter Configuration Editor; all of the ports on your computer are then

available for configuration. When configured for plotting to a port, this driver

plots to a file and then copies that file to the specified port. To plot successfully,

make sure that the device connected to the configured port can accept and

process the file. For more information, refer to the documentation provided

by the device manufacturer.

The type, size, and color depth of the raster file determine the final file size.

Raster files can grow very large. Use only the pixel dimensions and color depth

that you need.

You can configure the background color for raster plots in the custom

Properties dialog box in the Plotter Configuration Editor. If you change the

background color, any objects plotted in that color are invisible.