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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 at 10:26:44 AM | plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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I plotted to a file and created a prn file. However my plotting service was unable to plot the prn file. Neither their Xerox 8830, nor their new HP color plotter would produce a complete plot. In fact they weren't even able to send the prn to the HP plotter. Any suggestions?

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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 at 11:13:03 AM | RE: plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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PDF or DWF Plot files are so 1980's I can't believe anyone would use them in the year 2006.

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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 at 11:41:11 AM | RE: plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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That was a NOT so great answer. What are you going to do if you don't have a plotter and don't have PDF writer? Perhaps you can enlighten us with your knowledge. I've always sent plt files to my printer company but I have not done so from revit. From my AutoCAD experience, make sure you have the right drivers for the plotter they are using. Most plotting services support several plotter formats so you might try a different model or plotter. I hope it's not a REVIT problem. If it is, let us know.

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PDF or DWF

Plot files are so 1980's I can't believe anyone would use them in the year 2006.


I'm so glad you took time from your busy schedule and reach so deep into your vast knowledge base for an answer to my question.

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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 at 12:45:53 PM | RE: plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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Hey...I don't care for your attitude. The fact of the matter is that .plt fiiles are from the 1980's. I have been one of the most active and accurate posters on this forum. If you don't like it move on. I have the answer, but I refuse to give it to you with that attitude. BTW, you will most likely fail with Revit as well as it involves thinking in terms of the year 2006 and not CAD from the 1980's

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Fri, Sep 1, 2006 at 3:46:49 PM | RE: plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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as Tom said PDF or DWF are your best bet i hav'nt used .prn files since the mid 80's. once and a while i will use .plt files. but mostly PDF or DWF HTH

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Quoting tomdinmn - 2006-09-01 12:45:53

"Hey...I don't care for your attitude. The fact of the matter is that .plt fiiles are from the 1980's. I have been one of the most active and accurate posters on this forum. If you don't like it move on. I have the answer, but I refuse to give it to you with that attitude. BTW, you will most likely fail with Revit as well as it involves thinking in terms of the year 2006 and not CAD from the 1980's"




Apparently we got off to a bad start and for that, I'm sorry. I never meant to upset you to the degree I did. Your first reply was not what I expected and I responded with sarcasm, which was not well received by you - I truly and unconditionally, apologize.

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Mon, Sep 4, 2006 at 9:25:44 PM | RE: plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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When we first got revit we were also used to sending plt files to our external plotting service for printing. After much stuffing around we found it wasn't worth the hassle. PDF and DWF are generally the best solution. All plotting services should be able to open and print a PDF or DWF given the viewers are free. Autodesk supplies a free DWF writer with their products and there are numerous free PDF writers available. BTW, Tom responded very similar to how i would've and he works hard helping people out as much as possible. Have to be careful with the written word, often people can read a tone or sarcasm in text that isn't there... Cheers!

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Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 12:24:15 PM | plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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Hello,

My company has a different issue with printing Revit files.  We are a very large reprographics firm, and accept DWF and PDF files, which print.  Our problem is that the files we receive print low quality, or are missing portions i.e. fill patterns not printing where they show in the viewer as well as fill patterns printing where they don't exist.  Other problems are line weights not accurate, missing drawing segments, and PDF files that print like extremely low res images.  We use 2 separate printing packages and get the same result in both.  (Reprodesk from Oce' and Plotworks from PLP).  We are printing to Oce' 9800's and TDS 800's, with no difference between the different print engines.  Is there anything we can do to enhance the quality inhouse, or do we need to get client to fix files and resend.

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Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 1:14:56 PM | plotting to a plotting service plotter with a prn file

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I can't speak from the repro side but from an enduser - our CutePDF plots work fine.  Obviously the issue could be the pdf write program, your translation program but if most of us are getting things ok out of REVIT then I don't think it's there.

 

Sounds like it is probably a compatability problem between your engines and the clients writer.  Why don't you have the client do seperate pdf's with different writers and see which one works?


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