BATCH PRINT BY NAME OF PRINTER

[Gaganpatel]

Dear Sir,

I want to batch print to by name of printer lisp file.

Print Paper size A4.

[Sea-Haven]

Just a guess trying to confirm , did Boundingbox exist in 2013 ? Searching help for 2013 is hard, If not, can work out LL UR etc from size of title block.

[Sea-Haven]

Just a guess does VLA-getboundingbox exist ? Trying to find in 2013 help. Can work out LL UR pts from size of title block other wise.

copy this and paste to command line, select a suitable object as a test.

(defun wow ()
(vla-getboundingbox (vlax-ename->vla-object (car (entseL "\nPick object like text "))) 'mn 'mx)
(setq llpt (vlax-safearray->list mn)
urpt (vlax-safearray->list mx))
(princ llpt)
)
(wow)

Pick object like text

result (-2.5 -4.0 0.0)(-2.5 -4.0 0.0)

[paullimapa]

Excellent suggestion by @Sea-Haven 

@Gaganpatel Try this revised code which uses the exact size based on your title block SS

                (setq llpt (cdr(assoc 10(entget (cddr x))))) 
                (setq urpt (list (+ 267.00 (car llpt)) (+ 188.78788 (cadr llpt))))  ; use exact dimension of ttl blk SS

[paullimapa · Accepted solution]

So i searched the forums and apparently even back as far as 2010 the VLA-getboundingbox function was available 

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/bounding-box-question/td-p/2657431

so there’s something else that’s preventing @Gaganpatel from completing the plot sequence. I also did a search on the forums and found that the plot sequence was the same back in 2012

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/visual-lisp-autolisp-and-general/lisp-to-plot-does-not-work-in-2013/t...

So my suspicion is that perhaps @Gaganpatel is missing the Dwg To Pdf.pc3 printing device or monochrome.ctb which are specified in the lisp code. Will require @Gaganpatel feedback.  

[Sea-Haven · Accepted solution]

A screen dump of your plot settings would be helpful when doing a manual plot that works. There are at least 3 items that must match exactly even down to spaces in there input and capital or lowercase input.

[Gaganpatel · Accepted solution]

Dear Sir,

Thanks a Million 🙏🙏

[Gaganpatel]

Dear Sir,

Thank you Very Much 🙏🙏

[paullimapa]

glad that it finally all worked out for you...cheers!!!