Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-03-02 Thread intellasys

I guess I am not sure what you are referring to about my incorrect
assumption in my last note.  If you find a free (legal) solution, post it.
is a statement.  I'm sure many people would have a use for it.

 Hi Mark,

 You certainly jump to incorrect assumptions.  I am willing to buy Winline
 but not from the mfg.  Ideally, I am wanting to buy someone's copy that
 they no longer need.

 I am not looking for a free version.  However, if someone wants to donate
 theirs, I will accept it.

 Ros


 At 03:51 PM 3/1/2002, you wrote:
 Ros,
 
 I think the price of everything is too high, except my own rates!!
 If you find a free (legal) solution, post it.
 
 Mark
 
   I am afraid that you have made an incorrect assumption.  I do not own
   Winline.  A friend who does have it, brought his machine over and we
tried
   to get my plotter going with that.  I still would like to buy a
version
   from someone who no longer needs theirs.
  
   I think $200.00 for a single driver is way too high for just a few
plots
   that I want to do occasionally.  If the dirver works - and I am still
not
   convinced that it does with XP-, I may just have to bite the bullet
and
 buy
   it from Winline.
  
   Yes, I have considered dedicating a machine just for the plotter using
an
   older version of Windows.  I have a lot of machines around here but, I
   would like the ability to use this on a portable platform for special
 needs.
  
   Thank you for all of your help.
  
   Ros
  
   At 05:16 AM 2/27/2002, you wrote:
   Ros,
   
   In your original note you said you owned WinLine.  I don't understand
why
   you would want to buy mine.  If yours is 2.0 like you say, just
contact
 the
   company and they should be able to upgrade you.  If you really don't
own
 the
   original license for Winline and you only want to make a couple of
plots,
   you may be better off going back to Win 95 on a old PC just to get
the
   plotting done.  95 supports HPGL out of the box.
   
   Yes, I still use mine and with no problems I might add.  WinLine has
been
   one of my better investments.  It just works and I don't spend time
even
   thinking about it except when someone asks how to plot.
   
   
   
   
   Hi,
   
   Are you still using your version of Winline?  If not, would you
consider
   selling it?
   
   I am only needing to plot just a few items for a few times so, it is
not
   prudent for me to buy a new plotter or version.
   
   Thanks
   
   Ros
   
 2.0, I believe.

 Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?

 Thanks,

 Ros


 At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
 Ros,
 
 Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?
 
 
 
   
 


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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-03-01 Thread intellasys

Ros,

I think the price of everything is too high, except my own rates!!
If you find a free (legal) solution, post it.

Mark

 I am afraid that you have made an incorrect assumption.  I do not own
 Winline.  A friend who does have it, brought his machine over and we tried
 to get my plotter going with that.  I still would like to buy a version
 from someone who no longer needs theirs.

 I think $200.00 for a single driver is way too high for just a few plots
 that I want to do occasionally.  If the dirver works - and I am still not
 convinced that it does with XP-, I may just have to bite the bullet and
buy
 it from Winline.

 Yes, I have considered dedicating a machine just for the plotter using an
 older version of Windows.  I have a lot of machines around here but, I
 would like the ability to use this on a portable platform for special
needs.

 Thank you for all of your help.

 Ros

 At 05:16 AM 2/27/2002, you wrote:
 Ros,
 
 In your original note you said you owned WinLine.  I don't understand why
 you would want to buy mine.  If yours is 2.0 like you say, just contact
the
 company and they should be able to upgrade you.  If you really don't own
the
 original license for Winline and you only want to make a couple of plots,
 you may be better off going back to Win 95 on a old PC just to get the
 plotting done.  95 supports HPGL out of the box.
 
 Yes, I still use mine and with no problems I might add.  WinLine has been
 one of my better investments.  It just works and I don't spend time even
 thinking about it except when someone asks how to plot.
 
 
 
 
 Hi,
 
 Are you still using your version of Winline?  If not, would you consider
 selling it?
 
 I am only needing to plot just a few items for a few times so, it is not
 prudent for me to buy a new plotter or version.
 
 Thanks
 
 Ros
 
   2.0, I believe.
  
   Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?
  
   Thanks,
  
   Ros
  
  
   At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
   Ros,
   
   Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?
   
   
   
 


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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-03-01 Thread Ros

Hi Mark,

You certainly jump to incorrect assumptions.  I am willing to buy Winline 
but not from the mfg.  Ideally, I am wanting to buy someone's copy that 
they no longer need.

I am not looking for a free version.  However, if someone wants to donate 
theirs, I will accept it.

Ros


At 03:51 PM 3/1/2002, you wrote:
Ros,

I think the price of everything is too high, except my own rates!!
If you find a free (legal) solution, post it.

Mark

  I am afraid that you have made an incorrect assumption.  I do not own
  Winline.  A friend who does have it, brought his machine over and we tried
  to get my plotter going with that.  I still would like to buy a version
  from someone who no longer needs theirs.
 
  I think $200.00 for a single driver is way too high for just a few plots
  that I want to do occasionally.  If the dirver works - and I am still not
  convinced that it does with XP-, I may just have to bite the bullet and
buy
  it from Winline.
 
  Yes, I have considered dedicating a machine just for the plotter using an
  older version of Windows.  I have a lot of machines around here but, I
  would like the ability to use this on a portable platform for special
needs.
 
  Thank you for all of your help.
 
  Ros
 
  At 05:16 AM 2/27/2002, you wrote:
  Ros,
  
  In your original note you said you owned WinLine.  I don't understand why
  you would want to buy mine.  If yours is 2.0 like you say, just contact
the
  company and they should be able to upgrade you.  If you really don't own
the
  original license for Winline and you only want to make a couple of plots,
  you may be better off going back to Win 95 on a old PC just to get the
  plotting done.  95 supports HPGL out of the box.
  
  Yes, I still use mine and with no problems I might add.  WinLine has been
  one of my better investments.  It just works and I don't spend time even
  thinking about it except when someone asks how to plot.
  
  
  
  
  Hi,
  
  Are you still using your version of Winline?  If not, would you consider
  selling it?
  
  I am only needing to plot just a few items for a few times so, it is not
  prudent for me to buy a new plotter or version.
  
  Thanks
  
  Ros
  
2.0, I believe.
   
Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?
   
Thanks,
   
Ros
   
   
At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
Ros,

Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?



  


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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-27 Thread intellasys

Ros,

In your original note you said you owned WinLine.  I don't understand why
you would want to buy mine.  If yours is 2.0 like you say, just contact the
company and they should be able to upgrade you.  If you really don't own the
original license for Winline and you only want to make a couple of plots,
you may be better off going back to Win 95 on a old PC just to get the
plotting done.  95 supports HPGL out of the box.

Yes, I still use mine and with no problems I might add.  WinLine has been
one of my better investments.  It just works and I don't spend time even
thinking about it except when someone asks how to plot.




Hi,

Are you still using your version of Winline?  If not, would you consider
selling it?

I am only needing to plot just a few items for a few times so, it is not
prudent for me to buy a new plotter or version.

Thanks

Ros

 2.0, I believe.

 Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?

 Thanks,

 Ros


 At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
 Ros,
 
 Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?
 
 
 


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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-27 Thread Ros

I am afraid that you have made an incorrect assumption.  I do not own 
Winline.  A friend who does have it, brought his machine over and we tried 
to get my plotter going with that.  I still would like to buy a version 
from someone who no longer needs theirs.

I think $200.00 for a single driver is way too high for just a few plots 
that I want to do occasionally.  If the dirver works - and I am still not 
convinced that it does with XP-, I may just have to bite the bullet and buy 
it from Winline.

Yes, I have considered dedicating a machine just for the plotter using an 
older version of Windows.  I have a lot of machines around here but, I 
would like the ability to use this on a portable platform for special needs.

Thank you for all of your help.

Ros

At 05:16 AM 2/27/2002, you wrote:
Ros,

In your original note you said you owned WinLine.  I don't understand why
you would want to buy mine.  If yours is 2.0 like you say, just contact the
company and they should be able to upgrade you.  If you really don't own the
original license for Winline and you only want to make a couple of plots,
you may be better off going back to Win 95 on a old PC just to get the
plotting done.  95 supports HPGL out of the box.

Yes, I still use mine and with no problems I might add.  WinLine has been
one of my better investments.  It just works and I don't spend time even
thinking about it except when someone asks how to plot.




Hi,

Are you still using your version of Winline?  If not, would you consider
selling it?

I am only needing to plot just a few items for a few times so, it is not
prudent for me to buy a new plotter or version.

Thanks

Ros

  2.0, I believe.
 
  Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Ros
 
 
  At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
  Ros,
  
  Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?
  
  
  


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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-26 Thread intellasys

My version of 2.03.0524 was released as 2000 came out.  Have you contacted
them about a new version for XP?

 2.0, I believe.

 Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?

 Thanks,

 Ros


 At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
 Ros,
 
 Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?
 
 
 


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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-25 Thread Jon Elson

Ros wrote:

 Hi folks,

 I am having an ongoing problem trying to send a Protel99SE schematic
 document out to an HP Draftmaster One plotter.  Since the drivers are not
 inherent in XP, it requires one to utilize a third-party driver and it
 comes from winline.com   I have added the plotter through adding a new
 printer to XP.  I have all of the handshaking set correctly.  I can even
 send a test plot (non-Protel) through a dos shell or command prompt and it
 plots beautifully.  I can take the schematic document and send it to a
 laser printer and it prints perfectly although very small.

 I can get the schematic to plot but it is far, far from complete.  Should I
 be exporting the Protel schematic document to a file, instead?  If so, what
 format?

 Here is how I try to plot my schematic:  I say print, it goes to print or
 print set-up, I select the Draftmaster plotter that I had added through
 Control Panel and it begins and plots but, as I said, it is far from useable.

 I am stumped.  Any help will be most appreciated.

I have not tried pen plotting a schematic.  A one-color laser prited output
is fine for me.  I do some things to manipulate the schematic so it
prints out the way I want it.  Generally, I run B sheets to A size laser printer

paper, and it is quite readable either with 300 or 600 DPI printers.
A C sheet is also readable, but that is pushing it a bit.  If you need larger
than C sheets, you can print them to multiple pages instead of using the
fit to page option.  We only have PostScript laser printers here by
choice.  This is not specifically for Protel, but Protel prints are better,
generally, in PostScript, too.

Schematics have some filled areas that may not translate properly to
pen plotter output.  What, specifically, were the problems in making the
pen plotter output?  If the component or sheet objects are missing, I'll
bet that is the problem.  You might be able to fix it by changing the color
of these objects, but the driver might be forced to fill the object by
drawing the whole interior with parallel lines.  This usually tears the
paper after it becomes soaked.

Jon

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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-25 Thread Ros

Hi Harry,

Thanks for some good ideas.  Unfortunately, everything looks good in setup 
printer properties.
One outline or rectange dip body did print but it is a component that I 
designed and I cannot find any different settings for it as opposed to the 
other standard stuff.

I just don't know.

Dwight Harm suggested using notepad to send a text file to the plotter.  I 
did.  It will send it (winxp says) but nothing happens other than the 
plotter awakening.  Tomorrow, I am going to send it another notepad text 
file and wait for a good amount of time just in case it is using an abacus 
to compute the coordinates.

Ros

At 12:43 AM 2/24/2002, you wrote:
It has been a while since I had to worry about HPGL printer setup, but I 
recall having to define pen colors and line widths for the plotter output.

Is it possible that you have failed to define the pens for HPGL that 
correspond to the color and line width?  It may not be plotting because 
the pen for the color as used on a component outline is white and/or the 
plotter driver line width is set so small that only the widest lines in 
the schematic are plotting (or some other combination of the above).



At 11:45 PM 2/23/02 -0600, you wrote:
Well, no part types- (74HC04, etc), part body outlines (rectangles in 
the instances of dips), net labels,  part designators  (U1, U2, etc.), 
pin numbers, pin names missing components, missing components.  So, you 
can see just how un-useable that the plot is.  It is worthless.  I really 
don't know what is wrong.


I really could use some help with this.

Thank you.

Ros
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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-25 Thread Ros

Hi Dwight,

I have played with some settings for the laser printer and have managed to 
get it a little bigger.  I may have to bite the bullet and go several 
levels deep and print multiple pages.  I didn't want to do that and that is 
why I got the plotter.

Your suggestion to send the plotter a text file from notepad is a good one 
and winxp says that it sent the file but nothing happens.

How high is up?  What color is blue?

Ros

sAt 04:26 AM 2/24/2002, you wrote:
Would it help to solve the laser print problem? If so, here are some ideas:
In page setup, have you tried 'fit to page', or setting explicit scaling?
Is reasonable paper size/orientation selected?

Re plotter, do other Windows apps print to it ok?  E.g., try printing a bit
of text from notepad.

  -Original Message-
  From: Ros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
  Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 6:26 PM
 
  I am having an ongoing problem trying to send a Protel99SE schematic
  document out to an HP Draftmaster One plotter.
snip
  I can take the schematic document and send it to a
  laser printer and it prints perfectly although very small.

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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-25 Thread intellasys

Ros,

Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it? 




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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-25 Thread Ros

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your reply.  I have answered your questions in a previous post 
of which you may not have seen.
The problem occurs whether plotting in color or monochrome.

Ros

At 01:37 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
Ros wrote:

  Hi folks,
 
  I am having an ongoing problem trying to send a Protel99SE schematic
  document out to an HP Draftmaster One plotter.  Since the drivers are not
  inherent in XP, it requires one to utilize a third-party driver and it
  comes from winline.com   I have added the plotter through adding a new
  printer to XP.  I have all of the handshaking set correctly.  I can even
  send a test plot (non-Protel) through a dos shell or command prompt and it
  plots beautifully.  I can take the schematic document and send it to a
  laser printer and it prints perfectly although very small.
 
  I can get the schematic to plot but it is far, far from complete.  Should I
  be exporting the Protel schematic document to a file, instead?  If so, what
  format?
 
  Here is how I try to plot my schematic:  I say print, it goes to print or
  print set-up, I select the Draftmaster plotter that I had added through
  Control Panel and it begins and plots but, as I said, it is far from 
 useable.
 
  I am stumped.  Any help will be most appreciated.

I have not tried pen plotting a schematic.  A one-color laser prited output
is fine for me.  I do some things to manipulate the schematic so it
prints out the way I want it.  Generally, I run B sheets to A size laser 
printer

paper, and it is quite readable either with 300 or 600 DPI printers.
A C sheet is also readable, but that is pushing it a bit.  If you need larger
than C sheets, you can print them to multiple pages instead of using the
fit to page option.  We only have PostScript laser printers here by
choice.  This is not specifically for Protel, but Protel prints are better,
generally, in PostScript, too.

Schematics have some filled areas that may not translate properly to
pen plotter output.  What, specifically, were the problems in making the
pen plotter output?  If the component or sheet objects are missing, I'll
bet that is the problem.  You might be able to fix it by changing the color
of these objects, but the driver might be forced to fill the object by
drawing the whole interior with parallel lines.  This usually tears the
paper after it becomes soaked.

Jon

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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-25 Thread Ros

2.0, I believe.

Why?  What versions are necessary for XP?

Thanks,

Ros


At 06:35 PM 2/25/2002, you wrote:
Ros,

Did you check your version of Winline?  If so, what is it?




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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-24 Thread Dwight Harm

Would it help to solve the laser print problem? If so, here are some ideas:
In page setup, have you tried 'fit to page', or setting explicit scaling?
Is reasonable paper size/orientation selected?

Re plotter, do other Windows apps print to it ok?  E.g., try printing a bit
of text from notepad.

 -Original Message-
 From: Ros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
 Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 6:26 PM

 I am having an ongoing problem trying to send a Protel99SE schematic
 document out to an HP Draftmaster One plotter.
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 I can take the schematic document and send it to a
 laser printer and it prints perfectly although very small.

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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-23 Thread Harry Selfridge

It has been a while since I had to worry about HPGL printer setup, but I 
recall having to define pen colors and line widths for the plotter output.

Is it possible that you have failed to define the pens for HPGL that 
correspond to the color and line width?  It may not be plotting because the 
pen for the color as used on a component outline is white and/or the 
plotter driver line width is set so small that only the widest lines in the 
schematic are plotting (or some other combination of the above).



At 11:45 PM 2/23/02 -0600, you wrote:
Well, no part types- (74HC04, etc), part body outlines (rectangles in 
the instances of dips), net labels,  part designators  (U1, U2, etc.), 
pin numbers, pin names missing components, missing components.  So, you 
can see just how un-useable that the plot is.  It is worthless.  I really 
don't know what is wrong.


I really could use some help with this.

Thank you.

Ros
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Re: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline

2002-02-22 Thread intellasys

You never mention exactly what the problem is.  You say it starts to plot
but it's far from useable.  What does this mean?

Anyway,  I am using WinLine with Protel99SE and the older 16-bit versions on
Windows 2000 Pro.  I had a problem with Winline working with Protel99SE when
SE first came out.  I upgraded the Winline (now running version 2.03.0524) a
while back and have not seen any problems.  Strange also because I had been
using Winline with the 16-bit version of Protel and other software without
problems (Under NT 4.0 back then).  I was only seeing the problems with
99SE.   I remember looking at the plot files and finding what command hung
the driver, but this has been a few years.



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- Original Message -
From: Ros [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:25 PM
Subject: [PEDA] WinXP, plotter, winline


 Hi folks,

 I am having an ongoing problem trying to send a Protel99SE schematic
 document out to an HP Draftmaster One plotter.  Since the drivers are not
 inherent in XP, it requires one to utilize a third-party driver and it
 comes from winline.com   I have added the plotter through adding a new
 printer to XP.  I have all of the handshaking set correctly.  I can even
 send a test plot (non-Protel) through a dos shell or command prompt and it
 plots beautifully.  I can take the schematic document and send it to a
 laser printer and it prints perfectly although very small.

 I can get the schematic to plot but it is far, far from complete.  Should
I
 be exporting the Protel schematic document to a file, instead?  If so,
what
 format?

 Here is how I try to plot my schematic:  I say print, it goes to print or
 print set-up, I select the Draftmaster plotter that I had added through
 Control Panel and it begins and plots but, as I said, it is far from
useable.

 I am stumped.  Any help will be most appreciated.

 Thanks

 Ros


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