setting a background color for printing

[MKH-VB]

is it possible in Autocad Map to set a background printing color, that is, a color behind the entities within the map. In straight autocad, i have had to put a color solid fill behind my map to do this. 

[Alfred.NESWADBA]

Hi,

>> i have had to put a color solid fill behind my map to do this

That's the way how I would do that too. As long as you don't work with rendering of 3D-objects there is no option for a "plot-background-color" at all.

- alfred -

[antoniovinci]

Here's an old-school workaround to this issue, gentlemen.

1. in the Plotter Manager install the "TIFF Uncompressed" Autodesk Printer
2. run the _PLOT command, choose that virtual printer as output, set a very high output resolution
3. enter the Custom Properties as follows:
   
   
   
   
4. if everything went fine, you get something like this:
   
   

[MKH-VB]

can you still set your graphics "overwrite" to dislplay the other colors within your line work? Thanks for that great suggestion

[antoniovinci]

I beg your pardon, sir, but my English is too poor to understand your question.

Would you please elaborate it..?

[MKH-VB]

certainly. The I am only seeing black lines on top of a gold background. If I have my lines set to specific colors, I am assuming that they will still work.