[printer-name]

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Use this section when printing (or plotting) remotely. The parameters below must be set up for each printer-name defined in the [PlotDevices] section by editing the Image.ini file directly. For details, click Defining the remote printer.

Banner=text-string

Purpose Defines the default text string to print on the drawing when using a remote or custom printer.

Values Any text string.

Default None

Editions All

Exec=directory-path

Purpose Defines the process that must be carried out when a remote or custom print is started.

Values directory-path is a valid directory path. The file must be a Windows .exe (executable) or an MS-DOS .exe, .com, or .bat (batch) program.

Default None

Editions All

Format=format-number

Purpose Defines the format of the temporary file created for remote printing.

Values 1 = CALS Type 1

3 = TIFF LSB (least significant bit) header, MSB (most significant bit) Group 4 data

6 = PCX

11 = TIFF LSB header, MSB Group 3 data

13 = TIFF MSB header, MSB Group 4 data

14 = TIFF MSB header, MSB Group 3 data

63 = Postscript

Note that Imagenation PLOT only supports types 1, 3, and 13

Default None, implying CALS Type 1.

Editions All

Printer Can Rotate=0 | 1

Purpose Allows Imagenation to rotate landscape images before they are printed, for printers that do not support orientation options.

Values 0 = if the landscape orientation option is selected, Imagenation rotates that image before creating the temp file, and sets the Orientation value to 0 in the job file.

1 = Imagenation does not rotate the image before creating the temp file, and uses Orientation values of 1 for portrait and 2 for landscape in the job file.

Default 1

Editions All

Note This keyname is not written out by Imagenation.

Scale=scale-factor

Purpose Defines the default scale size.

Values All possible values are defined with the ScaleList keyname.

Default None

Editions All

ScaleList=scale1,scale2,...

Purpose Defines the list of output sizes available for the defined remote or custom printer. The selections are listed in the Setup for the printers.

Values Any scale value text string separated by a comma.

Default None

Editions All

Timestamp=Y | N

Purpose Defines the inclusion of a time stamp with the banner when doing remote or custom printing.

Values Y = print timestamp.

N = do not print timestamp.

Default None

Editions All