Heidi

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I am so confused I am about to throw in the towel!! I am using Win2000 os and running Land Desktop 2004 w/Civil and Survey modules. We are using a large format plotter, HP Designjet 500. I have asked EVERYONE and no one seems to have an answer or even bother with answering at all. I have not been able to find out if there is a switch somewhere...like on the plotter....that must be set so the plotter is forced to use 'Software' instructions like our old hp did. Also, I have the updated hp drivers which is the corrected version 5.35 allowing the plotter to plot in grayscale and black and am under the impression that Heidi drivers are included in this executable file, pl243en.exe. I have loaded these drivers. I have a .ctb file that plots our drawings by color for their lineweights and styles. I have marked pen #9 and 254 for my grayscale use and checked the boxes to use grayscale in the plot style file. In the meantime, I downloaded the 'Heidi Development Kit' which I have done nothing with as yet. Here is the problem. No matter what I have tried.....including using AutoCAD's grayscale.ctb file....I have been unable to plot in grayscale. Is there anyone out there that even remotely has a clue as to which way I can go? If I ask HP, they send me to AutoDesk. If I ask AutoDesk, they send me to HP. Go figure? Does anyone really know enough out there that they can help me without me having to have a brain implant so that I can figure out what is going on and what it is going to take to plot drawings without GOING BACK TO DOING THEM BY HAND. I have wasted FAR FAR too much office time trying to figure this out. I purely HATE new software anymore!! Thanks Glenda

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No suggestion, other than trying a post in the print-plot group. Suggest you clarify if the only change is the plotter, i.e. could get what you wanted from LDT 2004, Win2000, grayscale.ctb and your old HP plotter. Heidi development kit is no use to you - it is for writing your own graphics programs. "Glenda" wrote in message news:407bdb06_3@newsprd01... > I am so confused I am about to throw in the towel!! I am using Win2000 os > and running Land Desktop 2004 w/Civil and Survey modules. We are using a > large format plotter, HP Designjet 500. I have asked EVERYONE and no one > seems to have an answer or even bother with answering at all. I have not > been able to find out if there is a switch somewhere...like on the > plotter....that must be set so the plotter is forced to use 'Software' > instructions like our old hp did. Also, I have the updated hp drivers which > is the corrected version 5.35 allowing the plotter to plot in grayscale and > black and am under the impression that Heidi drivers are included in this > executable file, pl243en.exe. I have loaded these drivers. I have a .ctb > file that plots our drawings by color for their lineweights and styles. I > have marked pen #9 and 254 for my grayscale use and checked the boxes to use > grayscale in the plot style file. In the meantime, I downloaded the 'Heidi > Development Kit' which I have done nothing with as yet. Here is the > problem. > > No matter what I have tried.....including using AutoCAD's grayscale.ctb > file....I have been unable to plot in grayscale. Is there anyone out there > that even remotely has a clue as to which way I can go? If I ask HP, they > send me to AutoDesk. If I ask AutoDesk, they send me to HP. Go figure? > > Does anyone really know enough out there that they can help me without me > having to have a brain implant so that I can figure out what is going on and > what it is going to take to plot drawings without GOING BACK TO DOING THEM > BY HAND. I have wasted FAR FAR too much office time trying to figure this > out. I purely HATE new software anymore!! > > Thanks > Glenda > >

[#3]

Hello,
Are you still looking for a solution?
Cheers
phil

[#4]

I need an old driver for an HP 500PS 42 v5.34 . Where can I get it. I need to know where to get it. It seems that version 6.11 does not work. Please send URL to see1@llnl.gov

Thanks

[#5]

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?locBasepartNum=pl-7408-7〈=English+(US)

http://www.printer-drivers.com/drivers/132/132147.htm

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=132147