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Anonymous
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Plotting out AutoCAD to a thermal receipt printer.

Hey hive brain,

 

I'm experimenting with something here.  I am trying to print from straight from AutoCAD to an Epson T20II thermal receipt printer.  I'm able to send a file to the printer, however, it only plots a tiny portion of what I'm asking it to print.  Essentially, I need it to plot continuously.  It appears that it is limited to the paper size identified in the plotter profile.  I've tried to create a new size but it doesn't seem like its an option in either the profile in CAD or in the control panel in Windows.

 

One thing worth mentioning, is that I can successful send it to the DWG to PDF "plotter" and it spits out the file correctly.  Then, I can send it to the receipt printer and it will print what I have selected.  I have yet to test something more than ten feet but I feel like this might be a worthy work around.  The challenge is that I am experiencing some scaling issues... which I can probably figure out.

 

I admit, plotter profiles are not my strong point.  I can get by with setting up a plotter or desktop printer to see a file.  The minor tweaks and troubleshooting are the challenge for me.

 

Has anyone ever attempted this?  I know its something that is pretty specific to my industry.  Although I've never experimented with it, Vectorworks Spotlight has a plugin that allows you to do what I'm trying to do.  Here is a link to get a better idea what I am trying to accomplish.

 

https://lightningtapes.com/


Thanks in advance.