Add an Adobe postscript printer instance

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Add an Adobe postscript printer instance

To print to a .pdf file, you need to add a Adobe postscript printer instance in Printer Catalog. This applies to printing when the advanced option XS_USE_OLD_PLOT_DIALOG is set to TRUE.

The instructions below apply when you are printing using Printer Catalog printer instances, which means that you have set the advanced option XS_USE_OLD_PLOT_DIALOG to TRUE in File menu > Settings > Advanced options > Printing.

  1. On the File menu, click Printing > Choose printer.
  2. In Printer Catalog, click Add.
  3. Enter a new printer instance name followed immediately (no spaces) by @ and the folder where Adobe Distiller should look for files. For example, A4_PDF@c:\plots\pdf\in\ .
  4. Click Add.
  5. Click Browse... to access the Select Printer dialog box. Click the Adobe postscript printer driver and then OK.
  6. Set Paper size to By print area.
  7. Enter the print area in Print area h*b (height and width).
  8. Enter the file name extension ps.
  9. Select Black/white, Gray Scale or Color as the color.
  10. Click Color table... to change the pen sizes of different colors, if needed.
  11. Click Update.
  12. Click OK.
  13. Confirm that you want to save the changes to the model folder.
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