Problems plotting tif to PDF in Autocad 2010???

[raekwon]

I have a tif background that shows up in my pdf plot preview, but it will not actually print.

All I get is a pdf showing the linework. I've recently switched from 2008 to 2010 and am wondering

if that has anything to do with it as I had no problems in the past? While the tif file is large, it always plotted in

2008.

 

thanks

[Tiger]

I am not sure if Tifs are classed as OLE-objects but see if changing the OLEHIDE variable does anything for you. Frome Help:

 

OLEHIDE (Quick Reference) Controls the display and plotting of OLE objects.

0 All OLE objects are visible and plot

1 OLE objects are visible and plot in paper space only

2 OLE objects are visible and plot in model space only

3 No OLE objects are visible or plot

 

[raekwon]

no it's actually a raster image inserted into the drawing and the OLEHide is 0.

So everything should plot....

[raekwon]

so I went in and compressed the .tif and was able to get it to plot. However; now I have a crappy, pixelated background. I have a copy in pdf that is clear, as I originally saved it from Autocad 2008. Frustrating.

[KiLLiNG-TiME]

I have the same problem ... most embedded image's do not PDF !!! (its a client requirement to embed them before anybody's say e-transmit)

[astitchintimesaves9]

Yup, I work on 2011 and I have a jpg that won't print to paper or pdf....

[Cad Monkey 2]

I'm actually having really good results printing to pdf with .tif files now with the "dwg to pdf" feature that's built in on ACA 2011

I used a free program called dopdf before, which worked, but took forever if the tif file was very large, but it might be worth a try if nothing else is working.

[astitchintimesaves9]

It was on a non-printing layer....Doh!