Hickoz_bro
28th Nov 2007, 12:41 pm
another slow plotting problem, yes i've searched, but found nothing useful, this problem arises AFTER the dialog box has closed.
when i started work at my current job my computer printed fairly quickly, after typing plot in the command line, the dialog box came up (virtually) immediatly, then press plot, and the dialog box would dissappear, and the icon appear in the acad tray, then dissappear soon after and the print queue icon would appear in the windows system tray to confirm the plot.
after some time of setting up the computer and acad the way i like it, the printer would take ages to print (noone else in the office has this problem), after typing plot, and confirming from the dialog box, the icon appears in the acad tray, and remains there for some time, 20-30 sec or more, then finally moves to the windows system tray, then onto the printer.
the last place i worked at had the same problem, but there was only 2 machines using acad, and both of us used alot of lisp. at this new job i'm pretty much the only one who uses lisp, and i have a page setup routine which uses the plot command but in the last step i choose do not continue with plot, so i can continue working. this is the only point i can find common to the problem.
(DEFUN C:A3()
(setvar "ATTDIA" 0)
(command "TILEMODE" "1")
(command "-SHADEMODE" "2D")
(command "TILEMODE" "0")
(command "INSERT" "<titleblock file path>" "0,0,0" "1" "1" "0" "" "" "" "")
(command "ZOOM" "E")
(command "ZOOM" "0.95X")
(command "LAYOUT" "R" "" "1")
(command "-PLOT" "Y" "" "HP LJ 5200 PCL6" "A3" "M" "L" "N" "E" "1:1" "CENTRE" "Y" "ACAD" "Y" "N" "N" "N" "N" "Y" "N")
(setvar "ATTDIA" 1)
(PRINC)
)
any suggestions???
when i started work at my current job my computer printed fairly quickly, after typing plot in the command line, the dialog box came up (virtually) immediatly, then press plot, and the dialog box would dissappear, and the icon appear in the acad tray, then dissappear soon after and the print queue icon would appear in the windows system tray to confirm the plot.
after some time of setting up the computer and acad the way i like it, the printer would take ages to print (noone else in the office has this problem), after typing plot, and confirming from the dialog box, the icon appears in the acad tray, and remains there for some time, 20-30 sec or more, then finally moves to the windows system tray, then onto the printer.
the last place i worked at had the same problem, but there was only 2 machines using acad, and both of us used alot of lisp. at this new job i'm pretty much the only one who uses lisp, and i have a page setup routine which uses the plot command but in the last step i choose do not continue with plot, so i can continue working. this is the only point i can find common to the problem.
(DEFUN C:A3()
(setvar "ATTDIA" 0)
(command "TILEMODE" "1")
(command "-SHADEMODE" "2D")
(command "TILEMODE" "0")
(command "INSERT" "<titleblock file path>" "0,0,0" "1" "1" "0" "" "" "" "")
(command "ZOOM" "E")
(command "ZOOM" "0.95X")
(command "LAYOUT" "R" "" "1")
(command "-PLOT" "Y" "" "HP LJ 5200 PCL6" "A3" "M" "L" "N" "E" "1:1" "CENTRE" "Y" "ACAD" "Y" "N" "N" "N" "N" "Y" "N")
(setvar "ATTDIA" 1)
(PRINC)
)
any suggestions???