//MAINMENU
The information in this dialog box, and in the 
five others that you can access from here, 
relates to the plotter selected at the top.

To change the plotter selected, scroll through 
the list of configuration files.  When you click 
on one, that plotter's full name appears above.

To add a customized plotter configuration, choose 
an existing configuration file as a default, make 
your changes and then click on OK.  The next 
dialog box asks you to name your new file.

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Number of Copies

  Enter the number of copies you want from each 
  AutoCAD Plot command.

Print Quality

  Select a quality level, or accept the plotter's 
  default.  Higher quality output takes longer to 
  plot.  Not all options are available for all 
  plotters.

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To define pen attributes, 
  select Pens ...

To add annotations to the plot, 
  select Annotations ...

To define your drawing's orientation on the media, 
  select Media Options ...

To avoid clipped plots or clip warnings, 
  choose Advanced Media Options ...

To see the plotter's current media and I/O status, 
  select Plotter status ...
  (not available for all plotters)

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//PENATTR
This dialog box lets you define pen attributes for 
the pen numbers you specify.  Most pen plotters 
have eight pens, numbered 1 through 8, which will 
be activated as the following pen numbers defined 
here: 1 through 8, 9 through 16, etc.  Inkjet 
plotters have no physical pens, but attributes 
you define here will be assigned to "logical 
pens".

To change the number of the pen you are defining, 
click on the arrows on the bar below the pen 
number, or enter the number in the box.

To have your specification apply to all pens, 
click "Apply to all pens".

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Plot Merge Control 
(inkjet plotters only; applies to all pens)

  Select "Lines Overwrite" to make intersecting 
  areas show only the last entity plotted.  
  Select "Lines Merge" to make intersecting areas 
  all lines and fills.  This setting will apply 
  only if Merge is OFF on the plotter.  If Merge 
  is ON on the plotter, it overrides this setting.

Halftoning ...
(HP DesignJet 650C only)

  Click here to access the Halftoning dialog box.
  For an explanation of halftoning, click on Help 
  in that dialog box.

Line End

  Select the shape for line ends.  Round ends 
  are recommended for most AutoCAD plots.

Line Join

  Select the shape for line joins.  Round joins 
  are recommended for most AutoCAD plots.

Fill 

  Select a fill pattern.  It will apply to TRACEs, 
  PLINEs, DONUTs and ELLIPSEs.  Raster Pattern 
  means the pattern whose filename is currently
  selected on the right.  This setting will apply 
  only if Pen Settings/Palette is set to "from 
  software" on the plotter.
  
Spacing, Angle, Shade 

  These specifications apply to the fill option 
  currently selected above.

Raster Patterns (inkjet plotters only)

  The files named on the right contain some pre-
  defined patterns which you can choose as your 
  fill selection.  
  
  To apply a raster pattern, first select Raster 
  Pattern from the Fill options.  The highlighted 
  filename is the current one.  To change it:

  o  either click on another in the list displayed

  o  or click on Change to select from files in a
     different directory.
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//ANNOTATE
This dialog box enables you to define text or 
crop marks to be plotted:

o  in addition to the drawing
o  by pen number 7 (default black 2.54 mm)  
o  on all plots using this configuration file.

Text annotation is plotted at the bottom of 
portrait-loaded media and at the left of 
landscape-loaded media.  Crop marks are plotted 
at the corners of the plotting area.

IMPORTANT:  Annotations shift your plot by 
12.5 mm (0.5 in), which is not included in the 
width and height specification in the PLOT 
command.

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Drawing File

  Select to include the drawing filename and 
  pathname.

Plot Date/Time

  Select to include the date and time the plot 
  began.

Driver Name

  Select to include the driver name, plotter model 
  and configuration filename.

Crop Marks

  Select to include crop marks at the corners of 
  the plotting area.

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//PAPEROR
This dialog box lets you make sure that your 
drawing is plotted in the correct orientation on 
the media.

1)   Identify which of the eight pictures matches 
     your requirement.

     o  Is your on-screen image: 
   
        - landscape (width > height)? 
          ... then left column
        
        - portrait (width < height)?
          ... then right column
    
    o  Is the orientation of the media loaded in 
       your plotter:
   
       - landscape? 
       - portrait?

    o  Where do you want the biggest margin?
       (Pen plotters only)
    
    o  Where do you want the origin?

2)  Click on the correct picture.

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//PAPERADV
This dialog box helps you avoid clipped plots.

1)  Identify whether AutoCAD's "Scaled to fit" 
    option (in the Plot Configuration window) is 
    ON or OFF.

2)  If it is OFF, decide whether you want to be 
    warned on-screen that your plot will be 
    clipped.  Click on the appropriate box.

    If it is ON, AutoCAD's standard estimate of 
    the plotting area may not be correct for your 
    plotter.  To scale to fit the real plotting 
    area, choose "Don't clip. Adjust to media" 
    (not operational with all plotters).  If you 
    don't choose this, you can decide whether you 
    want to be warned on-screen that your plot 
    will be clipped.  Click on one of the three 
    boxes. 

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Plotter Margins

   For plotters with an expanded margin feature, 
   click on either OFF or ON, to match the current 
   setting on the plotter.

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//STATUS  
This dialog box shows the current status of the 
plotter - media loaded, lever/window raised, 
plotter ready/not ready, etc.
    
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1)  In the "Plotter connected to:" scroll bar, 
    select the port to which the plotter is 
    physically connected.

    IMPORTANT.  Any change you make here does NOT 
    change the interface settings in AutoCAD. If
    you want to change AutoCAD's settings, use 
    CONFIG.
    
2)  If you want to see the latest status, click on 
    "Get Status".  (The status is NOT monitored 
    continuously.)

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Media loaded

  The dimensions of the media currently loaded in 
  the plotter.

Baud Rate, Parity

  The serial interface settings are ONLY FOR 
  GETTING THE PLOTTER'S STATUS IN THIS DIALOG BOX.
  The initial settings are the defaults for this 
  plotter.

  IMPORTANT: If you have several configuration 
  (.CFG) files for the same plotter model, then 
  changing these parameters here changes them for
  all those files.

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//RENDATTR
This dialog box lets you set the render attributes
for the current configuration (.CFG) file, as  
displayed at the top, and produce a rendered plot
for the current view.

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1)  You must first have configured AutoCAD to use
    "P386 AutoDesk Device Interface" as the hard-
    copy rendering driver.  To do this, use
    RCONFIG, as explained in HP_R12.DOC.

    You MUST use the same configuration (.CFG)
    file here and in RCONFIG.

2)  Set the attributes in this window.

3)  Click on OK to output the rendered plot.

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Render Type

  Smooth = smooth ON  (slower, but smoother 
                      surfaces)
  
  Facet  = smooth OFF (faster, but less smooth 
                      surfaces)
  
Media Size

  Click on either inches or millimeters and then
  specify the width and height of the media to be
  used in the plotter for rendered output.

  The size you specify here is also used as the 
  default in HPMPLOT.

Position of Rendered Plot on Media

  Specify the bottom left and top right corners 
  (1st and 2nd respectively) of the image to be 
  rendered.

  The units are as under Page Size, and the X and 
  Y co-ordinates are with reference to the bottom
  left corner of the page.
  
Render to File

  To send the rendered output to a file rather
  than to the plotter, select Render to File
  and specify the filename in the window that 
  appears.  If Render to File is already 
  selected, then to change the filename, click
  on Filename.

  CAUTION: The file could be as large as 20 MB,
  especially with a large page size.

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//MERGED
This dialog box lets you prepare a plot where the 
image in one viewport in the paper space is to be 
rendered, while the rest are to be plotted 
normally.  (MPLOT stands for mixed plot).

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1)  You must first have configured AutoCAD to use 
    "P386 AutoDesk Device Interface" as the hard-
    copy rendering driver.  To do this, use
    RCONFIG, as explained in HP_R12.DOC.
    
    You MUST use the same configuration (.CFG)
    file here and in RCONFIG.

2)  Identify the plotter for which you are setting
    up this mixed plot.  The plotter under Device
    and Default Information is the current one.
    To change it, click on Device and Default 
    Selection.  The list of plotters is as 
    specified in the CONFIG command.

3)  Change the parameters as required.

4)  Select a viewport to render.

5)  Click on OK to output the plot.

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Media Size

  Click on either inches or millimeters and then
  specify the width and height of the media to be
  used in the plotter.  The default is as 
  specified in HPRENDER.

What to Plot

  Choose whether the area to be plotted is:

  o  Display: as displayed on screen.
  o  Extents: as defined by the extents of the 
              drawing.
  o  Limits:  as defined by the LIMITS variable.

Hide Lines

  Select this if you don't want hidden lines to 
  be plotted.

Render Type

  Smooth = smooth ON  (slower, but smoother 
                      surfaces)          
                     
  Facet  = smooth OFF (faster, but less smooth 
                      surfaces)

To File

  To send the output to a file rather than to the 
  plotter, select To File and specify the filename 
  in the window that appears.  If To File is 
  already selected, then to change the filename, 
  click on Filename.

  CAUTION: The file could be as large as 20 MB,
  especially with a large paper size.

Scale

  If you want the drawing to be plotted to the 
  same scale as specified in the drawing, leave 
  this as 1 to 1.

  To plot to a enlarged scale, make the Plotted 
  Units greater than the Drawing Units; vice versa
  for a reduced scale.

  If you want the drawing to be scaled to fit the 
  media size specified above, choose Plot to Fit.

Viewport to Render

  Click on Select and then select the relevant
  viewport in AutoCAD.

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//SELDEVICE
Click on the plotter for which you are setting up 
a merged plot.  The list is as specified in the 
CONFIG command.   You must choose the plotter
that uses the same .CFG file as the one selected
in HPCONFIG and in RCONFIG.

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Save Defaults To File

  Click on this if you want to save the 
  current merged plot configuration (except the 
  Viewport ID) to a file, to be used again.

Get Defaults From File

  Click on this if you want to get from file a
  previously saved merged plot configuration 
  (except the Viewport ID).

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//PRINTOP
Halftoning refers to the appearance of vectors
drawn by the plotter in all colors EXCEPT the
seven primary plotter colors: red, green, blue, 
cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

THE MODEL A VERSION OF THE HP DESIGNJET 650C
(product numbers C2858A and C2859A) implements
only one halftoning option ("pattern") and there-
fore users of those models have no use for this
dialog box.

THE MODEL B VERSION OF THE HP DESIGNJET 650C
(product numbers C2858B and C2859B) implements as 
a default "scatter" halftoning, and offers 
"pattern" halftoning as an option.   You can 
experiment between the two, but scatter is likely 
to give better results in most circumstances.  
To see the current plotter default setting, use 
the plotter's front panel to find Pen Settings / 
Halftone.  The factory default is scatter.

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BENEFITS OF SCATTER (BEST IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES):

o  The texture of many colored areas is more 
   consistent.

o  Small text printed in light colors is easier 
   to read.

CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN PATTERN MAY BE PREFERABLE:

o  When an HP-GL/2 plot contains a very large 
   number of different colors in one pass of the
   plotter's print cartridges.

o  When scatter creates jagged lines and less
   sharp edges.

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