I would also like to work with page setups of say, 17" x 22" even thought my printer will only go to 8.5" x 14". I have tried to get AS 8 to let me but it insists that the page size is built from tiled pages of my printers capability. In other words, I can set up a 17 x 22 if it is tiled. I need to draw on 17 x 22 so that I can save to disk and then take it to print shop and have the prints made. Can I do this?

Thanks,

Joe

You need the drivers of your print shop plotter/printer. Give them a call
and find out what hardware they have....then download the respective
software.

Once that is installed, your page size will (should) be supported.

Ric Norris.
[url]http://users.bigpond.net.au/cavedrawings[/url]

my printer will only go to 8.5" x 14". I have tried to get AS 8 to let me
but it insists that the page size is built from tiled pages of my printers
capability. In other words, I can set up a 17 x 22 if it is tiled. I need
to draw on 17 x 22 so that I can save to disk and then take it to print shop
and have the prints made. Can I do this?

I'm slightly confused here. In all my years of using
Drafix/Autosketch/QuickCad the drawing page size has always been
independent of the *Printer* page size.

For example I regularly draw on A1 sheets but my laser printer which I use
for drafts only has A3 available.

When I produce a drawing I select the 'Page Setup' menu and select standard
sizes which allows me to choose from a list of standard sheet sizes, in my
case up to A0 and for the USA up to size E 34 x 44". I don't use 'Printer
Page' for drawing creation. All the printer page parameters, such as size,
orientation, etc. are available on a separate tab in the Page Setup dialog
and are independent of my drawing sheet size.

When I need to print to my laser I just select 'Fit to printer page' (which
is A3 and is independent of the drawing sheet size) and the drawing is
automatically scaled to the available printer output. This way I can draw
independent of available printer/plotter sheet sizes.

Of course to output to a file for a print shop, as Ric says, you will need
the appropriate printer driver installed on your PC to allow you to do
this, but this wouldn't stop you creating the drawing to a specific sheet
size initially.

HTH

--
Regards
Barry

If I use standard page, AutoSketch will not let me use any page size larger than my printer will print unless it tiles the sheet by using multiple sizes that the printer handles to make up the size I have selected. Even if I put in custom sizes it did the same thing.

So, thanks to the replies to the post I am now the happy owner of drivers for a Epson 9000! Nice huh? And ALL paper sizes are available and it works great.

Thanks again,

Joe

Joe, I must be thick but I still don't fully understand your original
problem. :o))

My home printer is a standard laser that can only print to A4, yet I can
still draw on 17" x 22" in AutoSketch no problem. If I want to print to the
laser I just tell AS8 to 'fit to page'

When you save to disk what format are you saving in?

If you want to save as a post script file, for instance, then you will have
to have a printer driver selected that allows you to do this. But from the
point of drawing creation then the printer is irrelevant. It only becomes
important when you output the file.

I'm glad you got sorted, I guess that you chose the Epson 9000 because you
wanted to output as an EPS file?

--
Best regards
Barry

have


That's the point. Joe wants to take a PS/EPS file to a print shop in order
to get a 17x22" print done. Decent printshops should actually be able to
take an A4 and scale the output to the correct size, but they usually charge
for it and you don't always get best results, hence why it's best to use the
drivers for the printers that the print shop has.

larger than my printer will print unless it tiles the sheet by using
multiple sizes that the printer handles to make up the size I have selected.
Even if I put in custom sizes it did the same thing.


drivers for a Epson 9000! Nice huh? And ALL paper sizes are available and it works great.

Well, I would answer but Barry does such a great job of answering for me!

I still have that nasty little multiple page DWF problem though. If anybody wants to take a stab at it.

Regards,

Joe