Main problem is that your printer (most of printers are Deskjet, not Designjet) is not created for CAD programs.

 

Peripherals working in CAD need a specific standard protocol, HPGL/HPRTL to comunicate;

and you can emulate it only if your printer uses PCL5 or higher language(yours has PCL3).

 

When and if you can obtain something from them, under that situation, it's only a very luky combination of circumstances: http://www.plotterdriver.it/_english/winline_drivers_english.htm#Other - printer firmware, Opertive System and CAD output must in someway understand each other (they are three persons, each speaking a different language; if they know perfectly vocabulary, grammar and syntax it ěs OK, otherwise it's like you go in an Italian restaurant and order a grilled CARPA (that is a river fish) and they serve you a grilled SCARPA (that is a grilled shoe!).

 

But if you change something in your CAD system (new patch, an update for example) you might lose your compatibility.

Or you have a http://www.plotterdriver.it/_english/what_is_a_driver.htm - driver that is capable to speak the specific language of THAT printer: in our list there are some deskjet supported, but not yours.

 

 

Regards.

 

Paolo Casella

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