Wipeout , PDF and then printing that PDF

[sinnerboy]

This is a problem I have been encountering ever since Acrobat Reader 6.0 was launched . You use the AutoCAD wipepout command ( one of my favorites) . You make a PDF - it looks fine. You print that PDF and you get either a solid block fill where you placed wipeouts or you get heavy zebra stripes. Open the PDF using Reader release 5 - and you get a perfect print .

 

Anybody else confronted this issue with a better work around than keep a Reader version 5 installed on your PC ?

 

(Version 11 still "fails" )

[Organic]

I remember that issue. The solution is to not use wipeouts. Instead you can use a colour 255,255,255 solid hatch to mask anything instead.

[mech]

good tip organic!! I use Wipeouts too but it's always a pain having to turn the things on every time I open a drawing!! I may change my ways......

[pqphillips]

I remember having a similar problem at work once. The solution was, I believe, to use the actual Adobe PDF printer option in the plot dialogue as opposed to AutoCAD's PDF print option.

[sinnerboy]

Thanks for the responses folks , much appreciated . I'll give each suggestion a try over the next little while.

[Chilidawg]

If you have a large number of wipeouts, you can set the wipeout color to 255,255,255.

 

Hatching at 255, 255, 255 is a slightly better method, however, as wipeouts are raster objects and take up more file space.

[FishrOfGrizz]

On 6/17/2013 at 3:06 AM, Organic said:

I remember that issue. The solution is to not use wipeouts. Instead you can use a colour 255,255,255 solid hatch to mask anything instead.

This was very helpful. What was the key was the color 255,255,255.  Because I just changed the wipeout layer color to 255,255,255 and it worked great. This way you can still use the wipeout feature without any problems in the print.