Background graphic printing with strips missing

[AndrewJ]

Hey folks,
I've loaded a jpg image (497kb) into the background of my drawing. Its an aerial shot which I am drawing a site plan on top of. It plots out fine on the HP800 plotter but when I try to print an A3 copy on the HP 1220C I get vertical white bands at regular intervals.
Any suggestions? Is it a memory issue?
Andy

[AndrewJ]

Oh, and I'm currently working on LT 2002 by the way...

Andy

[CADTutor]

...when I try to print an A3 copy on the HP 1220C I get vertical white bands at regular intervals.

Across the whole printed drawing or just on the image?

[AndrewJ]

It appears to be only affecting the image. The cad vector lines are actually printing within the blank bands where the image is not printing, so I don't think its a cartridge running out of ink.
Also, I just noticed that the distance between the bands is dependent on the scale I print at...
Does CAD split images into strips for printing purposes to save memory?

[CADTutor]

I can think of no obvious reason why this should happen. It's possible that it could be a print driver issue. Check to make sure you are using the most up-to-date driver for your HP 1220C.

[hendie]

has the image been rotated after it's been inserted into Acad ? if so, use an image editor to rotate it before it's inserted.

[AndrewJ]

Excellent!
Yes, the image had been rotated slightly post insertion. I have reinserted it after rotating it in Photoshop and it prints out perfectly.
Many thanks hendie. You've saved us a lot of tears of frustration here...

Andy

[CADTutor]

Great tip Hendie. I didn't know that one. That's another for our FAQ collection!

[hendie]

ya mean that you guys didn't know of that old nugget ?? :lol: