VIC842 Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Hey everyone Basically I am trying to plot a paperspace layout tab... I have 4 viewports... I have selected monochrome... And when I plot it on my HP plotter everything in the viewport plots in color but my titaleblock information is black and white... I am running AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 Let me know Thanks Again V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkent Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Are you using a stb or ctb file? Have you edited the ctb or stb file to verify the pens are set to plot black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC842 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 I have not touched the pen designations.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana W Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Are your border and title block drawn in color? On your layout manager, have you checked the "Plot with plot styles" box, and the "Display Plotsyle" box? What does your layout view and plot preview look like with those boxes checked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC842 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Yes those boxes are checked... The preview window shows color... Their is color on my titleblock but it plots b&w like its supposed to... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Take a look at the colors of your layers. If they are a true color (rgb or for example 255,255,255 etc.) they will not be affected by ctb files. Change them to a regular color (1 - 255) and you should be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC842 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 Every color is listed under monochrome "print as" "Black" All of my layers are colors 1-255... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIC842 Posted August 20, 2010 Author Share Posted August 20, 2010 the drawing used to plot perfectly and then all of the sudden nothing was changed in regards to monochrome and it out of no where started to plot in color... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 what shade plot setting are you using for your viewports? I had this problem after I got 2011 when I would select "Hidden", I found i needed to use "Legacy Hidden" to have my layouts look the way they did in 2010 and prior. If this doesn't help, can you post the dwg so we can have a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Bump, were you able to solve the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isham_Dean21 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I've been using AutoCAD since 2008 and have never had an issue. My drawing all of a sudden up and starting making color pdf's. Which, when printed in Monochrome, come out a very light shade of gray (barely visable). I've opened other drawings and they work just fine. I know that i could just copy info into a drawing that works, but that won't answer my question as to "why". I haven't changed anything and it's been working just fine...please help! Oh, and i'm using 2013 and have been for about 3 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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