How do you print a file in color

[gdrunner]

Hello. I am new to this forum and using AutoCad. I am trying to help a user who received a .DWG file to print it in color. We can only print it in b&w. The application we are using is DWG TrueView 2010. Can someone tell me how to print this file in color? Thanks.

[rkmcswain]

Generally speaking, you need to select the correct plot style table.

Any objects in the drawing that are assigned a truecolor will always plot in color, but objects with an ACI color are generally controlled by the plot style.

[eldon]

When you go to Plot, a plot dialogue box opens up. In the very bottom right hand side, there is a sideways pointing arrow. Press this to reveal more options. At the top of this extra information, you can set to print in colour.

[gdrunner]

Thanks to both of you. Expanding to see the additional menu and changing the plot style table to none did the trick

[BIGAL]

None is not a good plot style to use, you would be better of with acad.ctb.

 

When you choose a plot style there is a little button to the right if you click it you will get all the colour settings, the acad.ctb is set to use object colour for all colours.

 

We have colours 1-8 set to black and the rest up to 252 set to object colour you can save your own pen settings also you can define thicknes of the plotted line

[rkmcswain]

None is not a good plot style to use, you would be better of with acad.ctb.

Why? In the situation here, the OP will get the same result.