Plot to a printer is giving me strange results

[janu319]

Can anyone please help me with this issue? In the attached test drawing there is layout with one polyline in the paper space, with “Lineweight” =1.00 in layer properties. When I plot this layout to PDF, I do not see any issue, but when I plot the layout or the PDF at a printer, then I see a solid hatch as shown in the picture "A3 print with solid hatch". This happened when I plot on A3 paper. When I plot on A4, then I don’t have any issue. Also when I un-check the “Plot object lineweights” in plot options then also I don’t see the solid hatch but I don’t see the outline clearly.

Thanks in advance for your time.

[pendean]

Your PDF and your DWG file both print just fine to paper in a quick test to the nearest printer and plotter to me

[janu319]

Do you mean there is something wrong with the printer I used!!

[pendean · Accepted solution]

I suspect so, perhaps a driver setting or something: the printer I test here is a Sharp MX series, the plotter is an HP T930 series.

Either way, there is nothing wrong with your DWG or PDF here.

[janu319]

Thanks @pendean.

I opened the PDF in "PDF-XChange viewer" insted of "Adobe Reader" and printed at the same printer then I do not see any issue, let me check few other drawings and see the results. 

[pendean]

@janu319 interesting finding: thanks for sharing.

Any modern webbrowser can also be used as a very good PDF viewer too these days.

[WeTanks · Accepted solution]

I also tried my printing, no problem.

Maybe it's a problem with your printer.

[janu319]

Thank you all for your time, our network team also confirmed that the problem is with the printer. 

At least we have a work around, if the problem occurs to anyone in the future.