plotting problems? solution here

[casella]

Sirs,

 

as you experienced very well, Windows creates a lot of problems in plotting CAD/Cutting/Engraving works.

The problem is that Windows, Plotters and Applications usually don't give good drivers, up-to-date or they don't give at all for old plotters.

Common problems with other Windows plotter drivers include:

• 
  
• Unrecoverable Application Errors
  
• General Protection Faults
  
• Out of bounds pen movements
  
• Incorrect line style
  
• Poor performance for wide lines
  
• Errors rendering arcs
  
• Spurious lines
  
• Incomplete plot
  
• Low resolution affecting curve smoothness
  
• Polygon fills do not take account of pen widths
  
• Incorrect text sizing, positioning and/or rotation
  
• Drawing does not fit on the sheet
  
• Output data size up to ~10x larger than drawing size
  
• Slow plot generation
  
• Incomplete paper size support
  
• Poor performance for wide lines
  
• Jagged rendering of diagonal lines
  
• Incorrectly joined polylines
  
• Errors rendering arcs
  
• Lack of support for HPGL and DMPL languages
  
• Driver does not exist for the plotter model
  
• Problems with mixed files vector+raster, OLE objects

We can offer a solution: a Third Party Product for all plotter and large format inkjet/laser printers: drivers have been engineered by Vector Driver Experts to drive your plotter, cutter or engraver efficiently from popular Windows applications and to create efficient HPGL files suitable for document management systems and downstream usage.

And they are those recommended from HP, Autodesk and many Others and work great with all CAD Applications and Corel Draw, Power Point, Micrografx Designer, EXCELL, Lotus, Word and all vectorial-oriented Windows applications, under W95, W98, WME, NT 4.0, W2000, WinXP, Win VISTA, Win 7 32-64

 

On a flatbad plotter it supports a work area of up to:

Maximum Width: 100,000mm (3,937 inches)

Maximum Length: 100,000mm (3,937 inches).

Supports long page sizes on

DesignJet

and Vinyl Cutters (up to 200m or 660 feet).

Please go here and give a contact: you'll receive all informations in English language

 

www dot plotterdriver dot it

>>>info

[ReMark]

I've read where these types of "solutions" are fairly generic and do not work in some cases. Care to comment? Example: WinLine plotter/printer drivers. Why would your product be any different?

[casella]

***drivers that we are offering are WinLINE.

And they work fine with almost all plotters and with a long list of Applications, as you can see on our web pages.

We have been selling them for 12 years without complaints;

did you perhaps have used them with some problems?

[ReMark]

I used to recommend WinLINE but the last two times I did both forum members did indeed have complaints.

[casella]

I used to recommend WinLINE but the last two times I did both forum members did indeed have complaints.

 

***we would like to know more about these your experiences.

Is it possible you write something to us?

 

Thank you and best regards.

 

casella at paolocasella dot it

[ReMark]

I don't have exact information on hand about either although a search of this website might bring up the original threads.

[Coosbaylumber]

Is this thread really a Buy Me, Buy Me, in disguise?

 

 

Wm.

[mrbucket]

In disguise?

[JerryG]

Any add from a new person not regurly on this site

scares me.

[Coosbaylumber]

Any add from a new person not regurly on this site

scares me.

 

 

 

I find that hard to beleive....

 

 

I can remember talking to a vendor three times (outside the USA) on their driver that Mark mentioned here. They finally admitted it does not work on every plotter, try fiddling around with... (but no refund).

 

It does not say such in their documentation.

 

 

Wm.

[ReMark]

I don't think WinLINE can be the answer to all plotter driver related problems as much as they (the software developer) would like it to be.

[Coosbaylumber]

I don't think WinLINE can be the answer to all plotter driver related problems as much as they (the software developer) would like it to be.

 

 

 

Well,....

 

Back about 2-3 yars ago, whenever you telephoned them the instant message said "we are the answer to your plotting or non-compatibiltiy problems" and then went on.

 

Whoever answered the Tech call, then said absolutely no one has had any problem with their drivers, (etc.) I was the first and the drivers were tried on all listed and noted plotters, etc. Took about one week but noticed that the web-site listing altered then. Bleeped out many plotters of differing makes and setling on to one or two certain types, using it only in Win 95 too. There was a host of compatible plotters aready listed in the Windows Pulldown too.

 

 

They keep changing I noticed.

 

 

Wm.

[mrbucket]

Well its probably because they are outdated plotters that no one uses them, makes sense to take it off the list. (of course Im kidding) They are obviously covering their bottoms to keep the full no issue claim. I guess we could all do that.

[Coosbaylumber]

My thought is that they did not exactly "test" every single plotter noted on their big-long list, but were told via good information that one driver was like the next one. Now that some input and testing "via customers" was done the list got shorter by a few models.

 

Then too there may have been some modifications done, or special set ups done. For my old plotter the dealer had to play around with some DIP switches that I did not know were even there. Runs good and fast now, but cannot get him on the horn to get a write out on the process. Up to me now I guess.

 

 

Wm.