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Specifying pen characteristics here doesn’t replace the pen tables you might
have imported from PCP, PC2, or CFG files from AutoCAD Release 14,
AutoCAD LT
®
98, or earlier releases. For more information about importing
these settings, see Change Plot Style Settings in the User’s Guide.
Plotter Calibration
Starts the Plotter Calibration wizard. If you need to correct scaling
discrepancies, you can adjust the plotter calibration using the Plotter
Calibration wizard. See “Calibrate Plotters and Work with Custom Paper
Sizes” in the Driver and Peripheral Guide.
NOTE You should perform a plotter calibration only if your drawings must be
exactly to scale and your plotter or printer produces inaccurate plots. Plotter
Calibration causes the program to rescale all plots sent to your plotter. If your
plotter provides a calibration utility, it is recommended that you use it instead
of the utility supplied with this program.
PMP File
Attaches a PMP file to or detaches a PMP file from the PC3 file you are
editing. Use the Detach button to break the association between the PMP
file and the PC3 file.
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Attach: Attaches a PMP file to the PC3 file. You can reuse calibration and
custom paper size data stored in the PMP file.
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Save PMP: Saves a PMP file to a new file in the AutoCAD 2006\drv folder.
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Detach: Detaches the PMP file associated with the PC3 file you are editing.
Post-Initialization
Sets a device-specific option that is not supported elsewhere in the program.
Specify a post-initialization string that is sent to the plotter after it is
initialized.
Pre-Initialization
Forces a plotter to emulate another plotter by sending a pre-initialization
string to the plotter before it is initialized.
The text string is sent literally, except for a back slash (\). A back slash
followed by a number, for example, \27, is interpreted and sent as a single
character whose value is 27. The number 27 is the escape character. For
example, \27%-12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PostScript\10 sends an
HP PJL command to a dual-language laser printer before it’s initialized and
switches the printer into PostScript mode. The \27 sends an escape character
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