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Inventor View Font

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Message 1 of 19
Anonymous
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Inventor View Font

I have an assistant who will print IDW drawings for me using Inventor View. IV View will pull up the drawing without a problem and appears on the screen as it would in Inventor. When the drawing is printed, however, the font is changed and does not have the same appearance as a drawing printed from Inventor. Is this normal or is there a setting that can be modified to fix this?
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Message 2 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Everyone at my office experiences the same thing. I will keep an eye on
this thread for possible solutions.


wrote in message news:5407963@discussion.autodesk.com...
I have an assistant who will print IDW drawings for me using Inventor View.
IV View will pull up the drawing without a problem and appears on the screen
as it would in Inventor. When the drawing is printed, however, the font is
changed and does not have the same appearance as a drawing printed from
Inventor. Is this normal or is there a setting that can be modified to fix
this?
Message 3 of 19
Josh_Petitt
in reply to: Anonymous

what font, what printer?
Message 4 of 19
mcgyvr
in reply to: Anonymous

They need to load the AIGDT font on their computer..sometimes its not loaded when you install the viewer


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Message 5 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I've seen this problem with several fonts (actually every one I've tried so
far). Our template uses only Arial with various sizes (.06", .08", .09",
.1", .12" etc.) This also occurs when trying to use every printer we've had
here (Canon 3300 photocopier, Konica/Minolta bizhub C351 photocopier, an HP
LaserJet 5000, an HP LaserJet 5500 and a Xerox 8830 wide format plotter)

The first time I saw this and realized the extent of it I couldn't believe
it took so long for us to discover this problem. For that reason I haven't
been forced to find a solution, if we need to send out printable file we
just use PDF or DWF.

For some reason I don't think it has to do with fonts or printer drivers, I
think it it software problem. Josh, if you get a free moment could you
confirm this problem? just open an idw with Inventor View and print it to
see what happens?

thanks,
Lon
Message 6 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

This could be a possible cause... a while back IT removed many fonts from
all the workstations (I have no idea why).

But why would this affect an idw which uses Arial?

I'll test and see...


wrote in message news:5408083@discussion.autodesk.com...
They need to load the AIGDT font on their computer..sometimes its not loaded
when you install the viewer
Message 7 of 19
Josh_Petitt
in reply to: Anonymous

WHOA NELLY! Yes, with Inventor View our drawings also print different than what is seen on the screen. We use Monospac821 BT in .120in and 0.094in. With PDF's it looks beautiful, with Inventor View all the text changed font and size and looks ... um, different (not a good thing).
Message 8 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

In a disturbing way, your response makes me feel good. Now I know that I am
not jinxed and that not everything I touch breaks. Though, I'm sorry to see
that you now have this problem too. If you do like me, you can just pretend
that there isn't a problem and you most likely won't have to deal with it.
Message 9 of 19
Josh_Petitt
in reply to: Anonymous

>you can just pretend that there isn't a problem and you most likely won't have to deal with it.

< eyes closed >
there isn't a problem, there isn't a problem, there isn't a problem
< eyes open >

ah yes, now I feel better. We've never really experienced this problem because we use 3rd party software that provides an adequate solution for distributing documents (i.e. Adobe Acrobat). Although, I could see that for companies not wanting to purchase extra software, the fact that Inventor View does not print what is on the screen could be a real let-down.
Message 10 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

We have experienced the issue of not having the AIGDT font. It appeared to effect the symbols. When we print from IV View everything prints OK but the text is not the same as printed from IV.
Message 11 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Tahoma - I believe Inventor defaults to this font. We have not changed it.
HP LaserJet 8100
Message 12 of 19
billco-mfg
in reply to: Anonymous

What version are you using? I had a similar problem at some point with IV10. There was some sort of update to correct the problem.
Message 13 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

IV 11. There are updates available for Inventor View as well, but they do not resolve the problem.
Message 14 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

I received this information from an Autodesk support technician...

I have done some additional research and have found the following information.

This is a known issue with the viewer. When translating the text, the viewer is taking it from a much larger area than Inventor and it tries to maintain the aspect ratio. In doing this, the fonts can get cramped together or even run on each other.

I don't have an ETA on a change in behavior for this or even if it will be changed. The whole thing to remember is that the viewer is just that, a viewer - not meant to necessarily print the files, however I can imagine the need for a QA technician, etc. to want to do that.

The only workaround at this time is re-scaling it from the viewer to make the change in text appearance less noticeable.
Message 15 of 19
billco-mfg
in reply to: Anonymous

"The whole thing to remember is that the viewer is just that, a viewer - not meant to necessarily print the files..."

Did you make up that part?
Message 16 of 19
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

That came straight from the support tech. Sounds like they don't know how to fix the problem and are using technicalities as excuses.
Message 17 of 19
MattH
in reply to: Anonymous

This just in, not my own work, discovered on another forum
Change your default printer settings (via Control Panel) to match the desired output, then print using the default printer in Inventor View and all the font issue suddenly clear up.
It seems that if you change the printer settings from within Inventor View, it still tries to use the settings of the default print, but sends them to the selected printer.
Regards
MattH
Message 18 of 19
billco-mfg
in reply to: Anonymous

This might be the same thing, but we've noticed that you need to use page setup in IV View in order to get a decent print. Changing options in the print window doesn't work so well.
Message 19 of 19
dwing
in reply to: Anonymous

Thanks for this solution!  It has helped a lot.

 

Dan

 

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