User’s Guide DrafStation and Drafstation Pro
Chapter 6: Printer menu
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6.2.3.4 PenSetup Menu
To define various settings of the pens. MH-GL/2 only!
PenSetup
Penprior
Command
Panel
Set HPGL2 penset to react to the software
commands
Set HPGL2 penset hardwarematically on
the panel
PenTone
Invalid
Valid
Do not react on pencolour
React on pencolour
6.2.3.5 Layout Menu
Use the layout function to reduce unused space on roll media.
Layout
Layout
On
Off
Set hardware nesting to ON or OFF
Hardware nesting only works for A4 pages
in a vector protocol, such as HPGL
Layout
method
Command
MAX-MIN
Determine the page size. Command will
sheet off on the page size set, no matter
how much white space is in, and MAX MIN
will sheet-off after the last vector, ignoring
any whitespace
Margin
Normal
FULL
Set printer’s margin to Mutoh standard or
expanded (FULL)
CutLine
On
Off
Prints a small line between the nested
images
LayoutTimer
120s
…
Set timer to determine the time in which
jobs must be send together before nesting
takes place.
The timer starts from the moment the
printer receives the first job.
Notes
•
The layout function automatically determines the size of the drawings sent from the PC, and prints them
after locating the drawings on the roll media, in order to have as less as possible unused space on the
media.
•
Example: When receiving data in the following order: 1) A3
→
2) A2
→
3) A3, the layout function will
nest the drawings as shown on the image below. Actual printing will be performed in the following
order: 1) A2
→
2) A3
→
3) A3 data.
•
When the Layout item is set to "Off", the prints are performed sequentially after receiving the print data
of each drawing.
•
When sheet media has been loaded, the layout function will be disabled.
•
The layout function is enabled or disabled depending on the print data.
