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17.02.2005 02:31:50
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Printing too light
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I am using Ver 4.0.2 with an HP 4V laserjet or a canon S820 inkjet and my printed output is dismally light. Any suggestions how to make the printed output darker?
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17.02.2005 02:40:59
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Printing too light
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I am using Ver 4.0.2 with an HP 4V laserjet or a Canon S820 Inkjet and the printed output is dismally light. Any suggestions as to how to make the printed output darker?
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17.02.2005 02:52:02
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KC 4.0 Anything to look out for?
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If you want to use the new sheetmetal functions, make sure you are using the 4.0.2 version or the unbend function will yield incorrect results for a flat pattern. What is really neat is that the program recognizes a solid constructed from primitives or wireframe that looks like a sheetmetal part (correct bend radii, etc.)as a sheetmetal part and will unbend it to a flat pattern. Great for legacy files!
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17.02.2005 19:49:36
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Printing too light
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I have tried everything I can think of and nothing changes. It can't be a printer problem because both printers react the same way and both print other apps correctly. We had this problem years ago and could set what KeyC (Cadkey) would input as the width of a single line width, but I don't see this setting any more. The program is behaving as though there is some default that is set that refuses to be overridden. Changing line widths produces no effect BTW. not on screen or on the printout.
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19.02.2005 05:09:32
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Printing too light
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I stumbled across that same page yesterday and set values from 1.0 down to .2 which seems a lot better, but my HP 4V 600 dpi laserjet still prints quite light (though much improved). However, the printout looks like a 9 pin dot matrix printer for everything but text (text is great, smooth edges and dense black). I am going to look around for a new driver for the HP 4V. Really appreciate your help and interest. I haven't set all 60 colors yet. Why the higher number for white?
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19.02.2005 17:15:38
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Printing too light
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Hey there, Ken,
I set all the values as per your suggestions and it works! I don't know if the white setting made the difference or what but I am really pleased with the results. I tried to locate a new driver for my HP 4V, but the only ones I found were for a postscript printer and I don't have that option. Thanks again!
Larry
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19.02.2005 18:29:08
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Printing too light
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You are correct, the HP4V is a black and white printer, but it was printing all the lines in greyscale. For whatever reason, your settings got rid of the greyscale output. I'll noodle around a bit and see if I can isolate what is going on.
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28.02.2005 02:16:21
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Printing too light
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Hi Ken,
Just wanted to add one last item to this post. All the various settings work as expected now. I was baffled for a bit, but then I remembered that after I loaded what I thought was a newer driver for my HP 4V (that didn't work) I reloaded my old driver rather than just using the one that was already loaded in the system. The old driver must have been corrupted because that was the only thing that was different. Anyway, thanks for your help.
Larry
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07.03.2005 15:06:18
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Bursting instances
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I just am not familiar enough with layout mode to know: WHY does one want to BURST an instance? What advantages/disadvantages accrue?
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