Phill Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Hi All, Since updating to Acad2015 we have been having issues with printed drawings. Lines printed from 2015 are thicker than from 2014 and grey scales aren't being picked up. This issue is happening for everyone in our office. We haven't changed our ctb files, they come off our server so they weren't migrated when we updated either. We have contacted our paid CAD support people and they think its a printer driver issue so we updated our printer drivers. That didn't help. We then contacted our printer support people and they said it was an AutoCAD issue. We are using a Fuji Xerox ApeosPort-IV C4475 printer. Has anyone else experienced this issue and if so, how did you fix it. It is driving us a little batty having to open up older versions of Acad to print. Thanks, Phill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbroada Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 are you certain that the ctb files are being picked up from the server? Check within options for the file path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMark Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I use and print from both programs on a daily basis and have seen no differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Does the Plot Preview look correct? I was thinking along the same lines as dbroada, double check that the correct .ctb are being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 Just rechecked, definitely picking up the ctb from the server. Using the same pc3 file to print from both programs, this is definitely coming from the server as well. Get the same results whether using the pc3 file or not. Also getting the same issue across all 3 Cad Monkeys using AutoCAD in the office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Does the Plot Preview look correct? You didn't answer about the appearance of the plot preview. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 What happens when you print to pdf? Same problem or no? If pdf's print fine then it's probably an issue with your printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi SWL210, sorry I missed your question. Print preview, when viewed zoomed in shows the same issues as when printing. Lines in 2015 are thicker than in 2014 and screening is not being picked up. Cad64, yes we are having the same issues when printing pdfs. I tried to upload a PDF to illustrate the issues we are having but it is too large in the quality I need to show. Phill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Somebody forget to check the "Plot with plotstyles" box? Sorry, somebody has to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Screenshots would help, of both the problem and your plotter settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Somebody forget to check the "Plot with plotstyles" box? Sorry, somebody has to ask. Also, some other options: "Plot Object Lineweights" and "Scale Lineweights". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Screen dump of Plotting popup boxes from 2014 and 2015. (They are called up in the file names of the jpg's). As you can see, everthing is ticked the same. I can't get a pdf or screen shot with enough quality to show the difference between the plots to a small enough file size to upload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nestly Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I have 2014 and 2015 installed. Can you attach a sample dwg and the CTB (Use ETRANSMIT to put both in a zip) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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