In order to get proper "merge control" you need 3 things:
1) You need to tell AutoCAD to make the DWF with the "lines merge" option
enabled
2) You need a DWF viewer that supports "merge control"
3) You need your printer device to support merge control
For item #1, you change this in the plotter configuration dialog in AutoCAD
for the DWF driver you are using. If you are using AutoCAD 2004 you would
select the "DWF6 ePlot.PC3" plotter and then select "Properties..." and then
"Graphics", and finally set "Merge Control" to the "Lines Merge" setting.
Then save this PC3 file that you will use for publishing.
For item #2, the Autodesk Express Viewer and Volo View both support merge
control when printing, but do not currently support it when displaying
drawings on-screen. A future version of the Autodesk DWF viewers may
support merge control on-screen, but for now it is only supported at print
time due to performance considerations (merge control can make drawings
display on-screen much slower).
For item #3 you need to check with your printer manufacturer. Even though
the Autodesk Express Viewer will tell your printer to draw with "lines
merging", it doesn't mean that your printer will obey the command. Very few
windows applications support the line merging option and thus many printer
manufacturers don't test their printers with this configuration. I've had
good luck with CAD-friendly printer companies like HP and Oce. I've seen
lots of printers that don't support the feature.
--
-Brian Mathews
Autodesk, Inc.
brian.mathews@autodesk.com
"Govert J. Knopper" wrote in message
news:9B26980264FDDA09F0D5D1D423C249CA@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> if this is a PostScript device (?), it will not work; there is an
> instruction (if you set merge on in the driver settings) in the DWF file
for
> the output device which should let it merge, but that does not work on all
> printers
>
> Govert
>
> "hdroadking" schreef in bericht
> news:f18ec64.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Printing to xerox colordoc2240, how would I control line merge?
>
>
