ones. For printing scenarios involving more advanced print settings, the AutoCAD plot dialog should be
used.
To compute the size of the printout at printing time, the plug-in starts from the layout size, then applies
the scale selected in the preset. If the scale reduces the drawing, the paper size is reduced as well. If
scale magnifies the drawing, only the drawing is scaled—the paper size is left as it was defined in the
layout. Please note that the scaling factor is applied on top of the one selected on the layout definition
done through the Page Setup Manager.
Print with page setups
The plug-in can also print by using page setups available in the drawing currently loaded.
User interface
The plug-in user interface depends on the version of AutoCAD being used. When the plug-in is loaded,
some menu entries are added, and the commands HPIPPS, HPIPPRESET and HPIPCONFIG are added to
the list of AutoCAD commands.
The plug-in also provides a dialog box to create and manage presets:
This dialog box can be invoked through the plug-in menus or the HPIPCONFIG command.
The following sections explain the user interface available depending on the AutoCAD version.
AutoCAD 2010
The plug-in can be invoked by right-clicking any part of the working space, and then selecting the
HP
ePrint & Share
menu entry. Note that this menu is shown only if the right-click action has not been
redefined—to repeat the last command, for example.
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