Yes it goes very fast once it's done spooling. I will check into the AutoCAD configuration & version tonight. The HP Standard TCP/IP port is installed on the server.
Sorry I am not versed in AutoCAD in any fashion and only with this new plotter am I becoming involved in any of its workings. I remember WordPerfect (ages ago) used it's own drivers instead of calling Windows print drivers, so I assume AutoCAD is similar in this regard. Also, setting up this plotter was my introduction to plotters. Thanks for the pointers, as my next step is to watch the processes on the client as the print job progressed. Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 -----Original Message----- From: Meade, Devin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:50 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Plotters Hmm, we are looking at buying one of these . . . :-( We run both AutoCAD R14 and Architectural Desktop 3.3. What version of AutoCAD are you running? Remember, AutoCAD has its own printer drivers and bypasses windoze. Our AutoCAD R14 uses HP/GL2 settings and is very fast on our JDL3500's. When we use a windoze program to print to our JDL's, we use the windoze drivers (Corel, Quark, etc). I am not sure about the ADT3.3 but can ask our CAD dude. Note - we have two print queues on the print server (W2K server) that have different drivers (HP/GL2 and JDL's windows driver). We did have a MAJOR speed issue on two HP8500N's that was fixed by putting the Standard HP TCP/IP port software on the print server. We went from 55mins to ~ 10 mins to print a PowerPoint slide show. Is this software on the workstation or print server? You say the print job is spooling for 10-15 mins? That means to workstation takes that long to create the print job. Does it go fast once it finishes spooling? If so, look at the AutoCAD configuration. Maybe make a new printer in AutoCAD that uses HP/GL2. If it involves changing pc2 files, I would post to a AutoDesk newsgroup. HTH, DL Meade, CNE, MCP Network Administrator Frankfurt-Short-Bruza www.fsb-ae.com www.oklahomadome.com ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
