Hello
As you experienced very well, Windows creates a lot of problems in plotting CAD/Cutting/Engraving works.
The problem is that Windows, Plotters and Applications usually don't give good drivers, up-to-date or they don't give at all for old plotters.
Common problems with other Windows (or HP drivers) plotter drivers include:
Unrecoverable Application Errors
General Protection Faults
Out of bounds pen movements
Incorrect line style
Poor performance for wide lines
Errors rendering arcs
Spurious lines
Incomplete plot
Low resolution affecting curve smoothness
Polygon fills do not take account of pen widths
Incorrect text sizing, positioning and/or rotation
Drawing does not fit on the sheet
a lot of problems in printing mixed documents (OLE objects+vectors)
Output data size up to ~10x larger than drawing size
Slow plot generation
Incomplete paper size support
Poor performance for wide lines
Jagged rendering of diagonal lines
Incorrectly joined polylines
Errors rendering arcs
Lack of support for HPGL and DMPL languages
Driver does not exist for the plotter model
We can offer a solution: a Third Party Product for all plotter and large format inkjet/laser printers: drivers have been engineered by Vector Driver Experts to drive your plotter, cutter or engraver efficiently from popular Windows applications and to create efficient HPGL files suitable for document management systems and downstream usage.
And they are those recommended from HP, Autodesk and many Others and work great with all CAD Applications and Corel Draw, Power Point, Micrografx Designer, EXCELL, Lotus, Word and all vectorial-oriented Windows applications, under W95, W98, WME, NT 4.0, W2000, WinXP, Win VISTA
Supports long page sizes on DesignJet and Vinyl Cutters (up to 200m or 660 feet).
On a flatbad plotter it supports a work area of up to:
Maximum Width: 100,000mm (3,937 inches)
Maximum Length: 100,000mm (3,937 inches).
You'll find all informations at
www.plotterdriver.it
Best regards.
Paolo Casella
