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memory. Plotting as TrueType text prints faster and uses less memory; the
plotter may use a different font for printing.
■ TrueType as Text: Plots TrueType text as text.
■ TrueType as Graphics: Plots TrueType text as graphics.
Merge Control
On raster plotters, controls the appearance of lines that cross. Merge control
is not effective if your plotter is configured to plot everything as black or if
you are using PostScript language.
■ Lines Overwrite: Uses the last plotted line to obscure the lines under it. Only
the topmost line is visible at the intersection.
■ Lines Merge: Merges the colors of crossing lines.
NOTE Merge control may appear as an option for system printers that do not
actually support the feature. Please check your printer's documentation to
determine if merge control is supported.
Custom Properties Node
Modifies the device-specific properties for the plotter configuration. The
settings for each plotter vary. If the plotter manufacturer has not included a
Custom Properties dialog box for the device driver, the Custom Properties
option is disabled. For some drivers, such as ePlot, this is the only tree view
option that is displayed. For Windows system printers, most of the
device-specific settings are made in this dialog box. For more information
about the custom properties settings for your device, choose Help in the
Custom Properties dialog box.
Initialization Strings Node (for Non-System Plotters Only)
Sets pre-initialization, post-initialization, and termination ASCII text plotter
strings, which send commands to a plotting device before and after the
program initializes the device and after plotting is complete.
If you are plotting to an unsupported plotter in emulation mode, you can
specify ASCII text initialization strings that prepare the plotter for printing,
set device-specific options, and restore the plotter to its original state. You can
also use initialization strings to turn on or off a plotting device feature that
is not supported by the program.
The text string is sent literally, except for a back slash (\). Use a back slash
followed by a three-digit number (taken from the ASCII table), for example,
\027, to specify binary (unprintable) characters such as the escape character.
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