cadintosh printing problem
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:09 pm
Attachments :Thorsten - I have a problem printing from CADintosh. If I choose “all” from the print sub-menu all is fine, I can print the entire drawing on one sheet of paper. However, for some drawings I need to reproduce them at actual size, and in some cases this means they cover more than one sheet of paper.
I have made model aircraft drawings over several years in CADintosh. I made the PDFs so that others could reproduce the model at the correct size, and you can see some of the sort of thing I’m talking about at:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/yes/downloads.php
I recently re-visited one such drawing (not one of those published on my website) with the intention of making some small changes and then producing new PDFs. However, I have not been able to produce PDFs (or indeed paper prints) in the same manner. I attach a PDF for A4 size paper that I produced in 2013 to show what is wanted (and expected!).
I checked that the scale for the area “main” is set to 1:1 but when I try to print that area I get the attached print dialogue (with the drawing in the background). You will see that it is trying to print on 25 sheets instead of the 4 I expected. The preview window shows page 7; the first 6 pages are completely blank. If I print that page alone it _does_ come out at the correct scaling. It appears that CADintosh is adding a large margin around the area when it tries to print it.
Then I noticed the “multipage print” menu item and thought that might be the answer. I chose that and then got a dialogue asking if I was sure I wanted to print 48 pages with cutting marks. I clicked OK, thinking that I could choose a PDF output which would be quicker and less wasteful for diagnosis. However, there was no further dialogue and printing commenced immediately, on the last printer I had used. I let it run to see what the output would be like. Amazingly, I got 48 sheets with cutting marks on each, but NOTHING ELSE printed on any sheet!
Am I doing something wrong? If not, what can be done to address the problem and get back to the behaviour I had back in 2013?
Environment:
OS X 10.9.5
CADintosh 8.1.5 (build 268)
Please get back to me if more information is needed to diagnose the problem.
in friendship
Rowland
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I have made model aircraft drawings over several years in CADintosh. I made the PDFs so that others could reproduce the model at the correct size, and you can see some of the sort of thing I’m talking about at:
http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk/aviation/yes/downloads.php
I recently re-visited one such drawing (not one of those published on my website) with the intention of making some small changes and then producing new PDFs. However, I have not been able to produce PDFs (or indeed paper prints) in the same manner. I attach a PDF for A4 size paper that I produced in 2013 to show what is wanted (and expected!).
I checked that the scale for the area “main” is set to 1:1 but when I try to print that area I get the attached print dialogue (with the drawing in the background). You will see that it is trying to print on 25 sheets instead of the 4 I expected. The preview window shows page 7; the first 6 pages are completely blank. If I print that page alone it _does_ come out at the correct scaling. It appears that CADintosh is adding a large margin around the area when it tries to print it.
Then I noticed the “multipage print” menu item and thought that might be the answer. I chose that and then got a dialogue asking if I was sure I wanted to print 48 pages with cutting marks. I clicked OK, thinking that I could choose a PDF output which would be quicker and less wasteful for diagnosis. However, there was no further dialogue and printing commenced immediately, on the last printer I had used. I let it run to see what the output would be like. Amazingly, I got 48 sheets with cutting marks on each, but NOTHING ELSE printed on any sheet!
Am I doing something wrong? If not, what can be done to address the problem and get back to the behaviour I had back in 2013?
Environment:
OS X 10.9.5
CADintosh 8.1.5 (build 268)
Please get back to me if more information is needed to diagnose the problem.
in friendship
Rowland
| Rowland Carson ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...
| http://www.rowlandcarson.org.uk
| Skype, Twitter: rowland_carson Facebook: Rowland Carson
| pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/rowlandcarson