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656 | Chapter 22 Plot Drawings
Create Plot Files
You can use any plotter configuration to create plot files that can be used
with spooling software or given to service bureaus for output.
For example, HP-GL and HP-GL/2 formats are used as an intermediate format
for illustration and manufacturing applications, for archive purposes, and for
use with a wide range of output devices.
The HP-GL nonsystem driver supports HP-GL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics
Language), a widely used pen plotter language that has vector-only capabili-
ties. Raster objects are not supported by the HP-GL device driver.
The nonsystem HP-GL/2 driver supports a variety of HP-GL/2 pen plotters
and ink-jet plotters. It is a generic HP-GL/2 driver that is not optimized for
any particular manufacturer’s devices. For example, it does not send PJL
commands to devices, as a true Hewlett-Packard driver would. The HP-GL/2
driver supports obsolete pen plotters and newer devices made by manufac-
turers other than Hewlett-Packard.
See Also
“Configure Hewlett-Packard HP-GL Plotters” in the Driver and Peripheral
Guide
“Configure Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 Devices” in the Driver and Peripheral
Guide
To create a plot file
1 Make sure you have configured an appropriate plotter driver for file
output. (See ““Set Device-Specific Configurations” or “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 plotter
configuration.
4 Under Plot to File, enter a file name and path for the plot file, or click the
[...] button to display a standard file selection dialog box.
5 Select other plot settings for the plot file as needed.
6 Click OK.
Standard toolbar
Command line
PLOT