Plotting Problems - HP1220c

[Anonymous]

I have a HP 1220c printer at work and just started using AC2002LT.
Seems like my plots aren't centered. I went to one of the support sites
(can't remember if it was HP's or Autodesk's) and they listed a
"workaround" for users to purchase Adobe Pageready or something like
that for around $220 or so. Sounds like an expensive workaround to me.
Any ideas?

PS: I tried searching the newsgroup for this topic using the search
feature on Netscape, but I kept getting an error message. Sorry if this
post is a duplicate of other posts.

Scott

[Anonymous]

Not enough information, Scott:

If you are printing from Modelspace, did you check the Center Plot option on
the plot dialog box?

If printing from PaperSpace, and printing at 1:1 using the Pagesetup, does
placing your viewport in the middle of the page not center the image when it
prints out?

Driver you are using? Windows version you are using?

--
Dean Saadallah
www.pendean.com
--


"Scott Johnson" wrote in message
news:3C30DC96.82F9CA7A@verizon.net...
> I have a HP 1220c printer at work and just started using AC2002LT.
> Seems like my plots aren't centered. I went to one of the support sites
> (can't remember if it was HP's or Autodesk's) and they listed a
> "workaround" for users to purchase Adobe Pageready or something like
> that for around $220 or so. Sounds like an expensive workaround to me.
> Any ideas?
>
> PS: I tried searching the newsgroup for this topic using the search
> feature on Netscape, but I kept getting an error message. Sorry if this
> post is a duplicate of other posts.
>
> Scott
>

[Anonymous]

Dean,

I forgot to say that this rectangle didn't print properly as part of setting up
the 1220c as a "plotter" with AC2002LT. I set the printable area several
different ways but it still comes out funny. I was trying to make a 10" x 16"
area centered on a paper size of 11 x17, but the top horizontal part of the
rectangle is off the page while the bottom one is the full 1" up from the paper
edge. I went to the Autodesk support site and couldn't find anything. I went
to the HP site and found this: "HP Deskjet 1220C Series Printers - Centering
and
Scale Calibration Functions in AutoCAD LT 2000


ISSUE: AutoCAD LT 2000 has centering features
and scale calibration
features that may not function properly when
printing with the PCL printer
driver for the HP Deskjet 1220C printer.

WORKAROUND: Adobe (R) PressReady Basics,
available only with the HP
Deskjet 1220C/PS, includes a Raster Image
Processor (RIP) that converts
PostScript (R) printer language into the PCL 3
printer language. The centering
and scale calibration features in AutoCAD LT
2000 function properly when
printed with Adobe PressReady Basics or Adobe
PressReady. Adobe
PressReady, the full version of Adobe PressReady
Basics, can be purchased
from the Adobe Web site.
NOTE: The full version of Adobe Press Ready will
be unavailable in Europe
after July 2001.

SUMMARY: The centering feature in AutoCAD LT
2000 automatically centers
the drawing on the paper. The scale calibration
feature allows drawings to
be printed with the exact proportions that are
displayed on the computer
screen. The centering and scale calibration
features of AutoCAD LT 2000 will
function properly when printed on the HP Deskjet
1220C printer using Adobe
PressReady Basics or Adobe PressReady."

PS: I am using Windows 2000 on a celleron 700 with 128 ram.

Any ideas???


Scott



Dean Saadallah wrote:

> Not enough information, Scott:
>
> If you are printing from Modelspace, did you check the Center Plot option on
> the plot dialog box?
>
> If printing from PaperSpace, and printing at 1:1 using the Pagesetup, does
> placing your viewport in the middle of the page not center the image when it
> prints out?
>
> Driver you are using? Windows version you are using?
>
> --
> Dean Saadallah
> www.pendean.com
> --
>
> "Scott Johnson" wrote in message
> news:3C30DC96.82F9CA7A@verizon.net...
> > I have a HP 1220c printer at work and just started using AC2002LT.
> > Seems like my plots aren't centered. I went to one of the support sites
> > (can't remember if it was HP's or Autodesk's) and they listed a
> > "workaround" for users to purchase Adobe Pageready or something like
> > that for around $220 or so. Sounds like an expensive workaround to me.
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > PS: I tried searching the newsgroup for this topic using the search
> > feature on Netscape, but I kept getting an error message. Sorry if this
> > post is a duplicate of other posts.
> >
> > Scott
> >

[Anonymous]

I would print out a dense plan right to the edge, print it out, manually
find the limitations of your printer, then manually set up an 'edge' on
screen you can print to: no software setting is going to do it for you IMHO.

--
Dean Saadallah
www.pendean.com
--


"Scott Johnson" wrote in message
news:3C343B82.F049BEB@verizon.net...
> Dean,
>
> I forgot to say that this rectangle didn't print properly as part of
setting up
> the 1220c as a "plotter" with AC2002LT. I set the printable area several
> different ways but it still comes out funny. I was trying to make a 10" x
16"
> area centered on a paper size of 11 x17, but the top horizontal part of
the
> rectangle is off the page while the bottom one is the full 1" up from the
paper
> edge. I went to the Autodesk support site and couldn't find anything. I
went
> to the HP site and found this: "HP Deskjet 1220C Series Printers -
Centering
> and
> Scale Calibration Functions in AutoCAD LT 2000
>
>
> ISSUE: AutoCAD LT 2000 has centering
features
> and scale calibration
> features that may not function properly
when
> printing with the PCL printer
> driver for the HP Deskjet 1220C printer.
>
> WORKAROUND: Adobe (R) PressReady Basics,
> available only with the HP
> Deskjet 1220C/PS, includes a Raster Image
> Processor (RIP) that converts
> PostScript (R) printer language into the
PCL 3
> printer language. The centering
> and scale calibration features in AutoCAD
LT
> 2000 function properly when
> printed with Adobe PressReady Basics or
Adobe
> PressReady. Adobe
> PressReady, the full version of Adobe
PressReady
> Basics, can be purchased
> from the Adobe Web site.
> NOTE: The full version of Adobe Press
Ready will
> be unavailable in Europe
> after July 2001.
>
> SUMMARY: The centering feature in AutoCAD
LT
> 2000 automatically centers
> the drawing on the paper. The scale
calibration
> feature allows drawings to
> be printed with the exact proportions that
are
> displayed on the computer
> screen. The centering and scale
calibration
> features of AutoCAD LT 2000 will
> function properly when printed on the HP
Deskjet
> 1220C printer using Adobe
> PressReady Basics or Adobe PressReady."
>
> PS: I am using Windows 2000 on a celleron 700 with 128 ram.
>
> Any ideas???
>
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> Dean Saadallah wrote:
>
> > Not enough information, Scott:
> >
> > If you are printing from Modelspace, did you check the Center Plot
option on
> > the plot dialog box?
> >
> > If printing from PaperSpace, and printing at 1:1 using the Pagesetup,
does
> > placing your viewport in the middle of the page not center the image
when it
> > prints out?
> >
> > Driver you are using? Windows version you are using?
> >
> > --
> > Dean Saadallah
> > www.pendean.com
> > --
> >
> > "Scott Johnson" wrote in message
> > news:3C30DC96.82F9CA7A@verizon.net...
> > > I have a HP 1220c printer at work and just started using AC2002LT.
> > > Seems like my plots aren't centered. I went to one of the support
sites
> > > (can't remember if it was HP's or Autodesk's) and they listed a
> > > "workaround" for users to purchase Adobe Pageready or something like
> > > that for around $220 or so. Sounds like an expensive workaround to
me.
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > PS: I tried searching the newsgroup for this topic using the search
> > > feature on Netscape, but I kept getting an error message. Sorry if
this
> > > post is a duplicate of other posts.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
>

[Anonymous]

>I would print out a dense plan right to the edge, print it out, manually
>find the limitations of your printer, then manually set up an 'edge' on
>screen you can print to: no software setting is going to do it for you IMHO.

I think you can set the printable area somewhere down the menus in the
plotter configuration editor. ... (No LT2002 on this notebook to
check.)


Dietmar Rudolph

President, CR/LF GmbH, http://www.crlf.de
Vice-President Europe, CADLock, Inc. http://www.cadlock.com
Member of the Autodesk Discussion Forum Moderator Program

Author, "Mastering AutoCAD 2000 Objects", http://www.crlf.de/Verlag/PublishingServices.html

[Anonymous]

Scott,

I have the same system here ( HP 1220C and AC2002LT) and everything print
perfect.
Maybe you can send me one of your drawings (to my e-mail) and I'll try to
print here.

Marin
(lazarov@Netvision.net.il)