Printing CAD Drawings
Printing CAD Drawings
Printing CAD Drawings
Using this printer , you can print ne lines and text clearly and sharply . It’ s easy to produce highly precise
drawings from CAD applications.
Note
• In Windows, you can print highly precise drawings using the provided imagePROGRAF HDI Driver for
AutoCAD/AutoCAD L T .
For details on the HDI driver , see the HDI Driver Guide .
For instructions on CAD printing, refer to the following topics, as appropriate for your computer and operating
system.
• Printing Line Drawings and T ext (Windows) (→P .252)
• Printing Line Drawings and T ext (Mac OS X) (→P .254)
• Printing Line Drawings and T ext (Mac OS 9) (→P .256)
HP-GL/2 Printing
This printer supports the GARO language as well as HP-GL/2 and HP R TL ( *1 ) emulation. ( *2 ) When printing
from applications that support HP-GL/2 output, specify HP-GL/2 in the application’ s plotter output settings.
Note
• For instructions on conguring these settings, refer to the software documentation.
The printer automatically switches to the corresponding processing when GARO, HP-GL/2, or HP R TL jobs
are received. Congure the settings especially for HP-GL/2 emulation on the printer control panel. ( → P .50)
This printer can emulate the following printers.
Emulated Printers
Canon W3000 and W3050 ( *3 )
Hewlett-Packard Designjet 450c, Designjet 750c Plus, and Designjet 750c
*1: HP-GL/2:Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language 2; HP R TL:Hewlett-Packard Raster T ransfer Language
*2: It may not be possible to print jobs with excessively large amounts of data correctly .
*3: Nesting and layout templates are not supported.
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