To plot your drawing, the program sends the output to any printer driver in up to 256 colors, but with no width specified. Initially, the plot will have a uniform fine width that is the finest line that the plotter device can produce. The driver then passes colored vectors to the printer, which creates color output on color printers and grayscale output on laser printers. (Color output that converts to grayscale on a laser printer usually is unacceptable by CAD users for final plotting.)
With the Print dialog box, you can map all colors to black and set all line weights to the width you choose by selecting the number of printed pixels you want for the line width. For example, if you choose a 600-dot-per-inch printer and enter 1 in the Printed Line Weight field, it prints as an approximate .002-inch line width. You must use a value appropriate to your printing capabilities. With these features, you can meet most non-presentation plot needs.
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Formatting and printing paper drawings
Specifying and saving print options
Using printer configuration files
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Open or save a printer configuration file