eps plot Autocad2018 Mac

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

i'm migrating from win to mac. On win i use to print an eps file for photoshop using a virtual plotter. How can i do this on mac? I can't find plottermanager...

Tnx 

[maxim_k · Accepted solution]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi Cesarina,

On Mac you can only use printers (including virtual) added to Printers & Scanners pane of macOS System preferences. Plus AutoCAD for Mac has built-in PDF printers (AutoCAD PDF xxx.pc3).
So you can "print" from AutoCAD to PDF instead of EPS and then open PDF in Photoshop for further editing.

[Anonymous]

Tnx Maxim.

Please could you give me a link to a guide for virtual plot installation on Mac?

Tnx again.

[maxim_k]

Do you really need EPS file for Photoshop?
I'm not sure that virtual EPS printer for macOS exists.

As I wrote before, you can open PDF, created in AutoCAD, with the same result as with EPS.
In AutoCAD create Page setup with one of the "AutoCAD PDF xxxx.pc3" printers and "print" to PDF.

[Anonymous]

Ok! Thank you so much. 

[Anonymous]

Sometimes one needs an image file, and not a pdf. My  Autocad 2018 for Mac doesn’t list a PublishToWeb JPG.pc3  PC3 option either. Is there a way to find such a PC3 file (or one for png, or better yet, one for SVG vector file) and import it into AutoCAD for Mac?

[pendean]

"publishtoweb" is a Windows only feature/ability: you'll need to find a driver for MacOS to output formats you need.

[maxim_k]

Welcome to Autodesk Forums!

Hi @Anonymous,

You can use Preview from Print window to open PDF in Preview app, then in Preview app you can save preview result as JPG or PNG - Option-click on File menu and select Save As, then from File types filter select image format you need.

[Anonymous]

Very good software