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654 | Chapter 22 Plot Drawings
See Also
“Configure for File Output” in the Driver and Peripheral Guide
Raster Driver Help
To create a raster file
1 Make sure you have configured a plotter driver for raster file output. (See
“Configure for File Output” in the Driver and Peripheral Guide.)
2 On the File menu, click Plot.
3 In the Plot dialog box, Plot Device tab, in the Name box, select a raster for-
mat configuration.
4 Under Plot to File, enter a file name and path for the raster file, or click the
[...] button to display a standard file selection dialog box.
5 Select plot settings for the raster file as needed.
6 Click OK.
Standard toolbar
Command line
PLOT
Create Adobe PostScript Files
Using the Adobe PostScript driver, you can use DWGs with an array of page
layout programs and archive tools such as the Adobe Acrobat Portable Doc-
ument Format (PDF).
You can use the nonsystem PostScript driver to plot drawings to PostScript
printers and PostScript files. Use the PS file format for printers and the EPS
file format for files. If you plot to a hardware port, PS output is automatic. If
you plot to a file and plan to copy the file to a printer, configure for PS
output.
Use the custom Properties dialog box in the Plotter Configuration Editor to
customize the output. To display this dialog box, on the Device and Docu-
ment Settings tab, in the tree view, select Custom Properties. Then under
Access Custom Dialog, choose the Custom Properties button.
The PostScript driver supports three types of PostScript.
Level 1: Use for most plotters.
Level 1.5: Use for plotters that support color images.
Level 2: If your plotter supports Level 2 PostScript, use to produce smaller files
that print more rapidly.