Tiff issues... Please help...

[Elvis361]

I am currently using acad 2010. i am having issues with this resent request from a client. he is requesting a 300 DPI .TIFF that has no color. I thought no problem but i cant seem to get the color to go away. I'm sure its an easy fix its just not coming to me. Thanks in advance guys!

[BlackBox]

Welcome to the forums!

 

Try printing your drawing to a black/white PDF, then print the PDF to the 'Microsoft Office Document Image Writer' device.

 

Hope this helps!

[Elvis361]

ok so i tried now to make a normal pdf. I've only made a couple thousand of them. but now even they have color!! is there a color box i might have checked somewhere. I feel like an idiot.

[BlackBox]

I feel like an idiot.

 

You're under pressure to figure this out, relax - No worries.

 

ok so i tried now to make a normal pdf. I've only made a couple thousand of them. but now even they have color!! is there a color box i might have checked somewhere.

 

This can happen when you have a CTB/STB in your page setup that has your colors print in color.

 

*IF* you have other CTB/STB options, give them a try, otherwise, you may have to make a hardcopy print (in BW), then scan it in to PDF.

 

Note on CTB/STB colors - My office has all 255 standard colors print black (or grayscale), and use True Color layer assignments for the layers we want to print in color, which must be factored in when choosing a print device... if you send a color print to a black printer, well.... :wink:

 

Good luck!

[Elvis361]

OK I FIGURED IT OUT. The two layers that were showing up in color were colors not covered by the monochrome settings. i was in fact in the true color area like you said. i really appreciate your help and quick responses. i will have to say I'm also a car guy and I'm on a-lot of car forums and this is the most help I've ever gotten from anyone. THANKS

[BlackBox]

OK I FIGURED IT OUT. The two layers that were showing up in color were colors not covered by the monochrome settings. i was in fact in the true color area like you said. i really appreciate your help and quick responses. i will have to say I'm also a car guy and I'm on a-lot of car forums and this is the most help I've ever gotten from anyone. THANKS

 

That is very kind of you. You're welcome.

[BIGAL]

Just a side question did you sort your plot sheet size so that you are getting true 300DPI ? also depending on dpi you will find that the line thickness will change when plotted the quality will be ok but the lines will go to a grey rather than a black we use 200dpi A1 with about 3x the laser printer thickness in a separate Tiff.ctb We have played with this a lot.

 

heres a plot tiff that may be usefull set up for A1 sheets metric

 

(PROMPT ".....PRINTING DRAWING TO TIFF's....")
(setq doc (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
(vlax-for lay (vla-get-Layouts doc)
 (setq plotabs (cons (vla-get-name lay) plotabs))
)
(setq plottablist (acad_strlsort plotabs))
(setq len (length plottablist))
(setq x 0)
(repeat len
 (setq name (nth x plottablist))
 (princ name)
 (if (/= name "Model")
   (progn
     (setvar "ctab" name)
     
     (COMMAND "-PLOT"   "Y"      ""  "TIFF"
       "A1 6mmoff"      "LANDSCAPE"    "N"
       "W"   "-6,-6"    "807,560" "1=0.127"  "C"
       "y"   "TIFF.ctb" "Y" "n"    "n"
       "y"   ""      "N" "y"
      )
   )
 )
 (setq x (+ x 1))
)
(princ)