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TIF Image will not plot

Post by Grape Dude on Fri Nov 14, 2008 7:50 am

Question Is there a trick to getting a TIF image to plot? It works fine on the old plotter but will not plot on the new plotter. The plotters are very different (ink vs. toner is all) but all the ACAD settings are the same. Has anybody else experienced this?

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by architech on Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:23 am

What is the NEW PLOTTER? OCE, HP, Xerox?

Have you installed the latest drivers?
Have you enabled the Postscript on the NEW plotter?

FYI
All these settings are done at the plot server.

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by Grape Dude on Fri Nov 14, 2008 9:48 am

All the settings are correct. I tried exporting the image into different formats bmp, tif, jpg, gif, png & a ppt. It won't let me save it as a WMF which I think may help like it says in the FAQ area on images. I've tried all that but I don't have that other software. Even if I downloaded it, I can't install it b/c I have no admin rights.

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by Alan Cullen on Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:10 am

try setting the new plotter up as a windows plotter...then tackle it from there

and stop s h i t t i n g on my roo. [insert] cranky smilie [/insert]

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by Grape Dude on Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:44 am

[img][/img]LMAO. Is your roo having a rough time w/ the birds? Maybe roo needs a hard hat. Now that would be something. Here ya go.

Now why won't it let me put up the image I just created for Alan? Question

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by Mitch on Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:55 pm

have you tried bringing the Tiff to the front or converting it to a jpeg?

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by Grape Dude on Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:23 pm

yes, but what I ended up doing was just to create a pdf file then plot that to the new plotter and it worked fine. I want to find out why the tif files won't plot on just that plotter. The plotter is also a scanner and it scans to 3 formats...pdf, calcs and tif. Imagine that, it will scan anything into a tif but it won't plot a tif...
Frickin annoying

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by architech on Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:29 pm

Have you tried to check the settings under advance for your plotter.....

There should be an option for memory. OR Process Dosument
"If the printer runs out of memory, select "In Computer" and print again"

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Re: TIF Image will not plot

Post by Grape Dude on Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:07 pm

Upon checking for the memory option (it's not an option for the xerox 6204) I found a file format that lists out the different types of image files under Set Up it was set on automatic detection so I changed it to tiff detection. I think this worked but I'm wondering if it will now miss detecting a .jpg or a .cals file. Has anyone out there EVER used a .cals file extension? I think they may be common use for civil drawings when working on roads. I could be wrong...In fact I probably am...I mean I usually are...always am drunken

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