printing in MS Windows Printer

[Jacoolo]

Hello all



On my printed doument all text, dimensions value are not strict black,
but grey. I want to make them black as edges. I already changed the pen
thicknesses but it only change the thickness and the color is the same
- grey. I do not want to have the same thickness as egdes, only the
color should be the same strict, solid black



help!

 

[schick]

try setting your printer to print black and white, or monochrome instead of color. you probably have to click on the "properties..." button next to the printer when it comes up.

 

[megaladon]

or set up a pen table


in config.pro you need


pen_table_file C:\Ptc\proeWildfire2\text\plot_config\table.pnt


you will have control over changing default colors and their thickness


my table looks like this


the statements starting with "!" are just notes


i think i got some of this from DR_GALLUP


!Pro/E geometry lines are white on the screen, plot with broad pen (0.250mm)


!


pen 2 thickness .045 cm; drawing_color attention_color


!


!Everything else plots with fine pen (0.125mm)


!


pen 1 thickness .0125 cm; half_tone_color


pen 3 thickness .0125 cm; dimmed_color datum_color


pen 4 thickness .0125 cm; edge_highlite_color


pen 5 thickness .0125 cm; letter_color


pen 6 thickness .0125 cm; highlite_color


pen 7 thickness .0450 cm; magenta_color


pen 8 thickness .0050 cm; section_color


!ptc system color table


!=================================================


!attention_color dark green


!letter_color yellow


!highlight_color dark red


!drawing_color white


!background_color black


!half_tone_color gray


!magenta_color purple (IGES MODELS)


!edge_highlite_color green


!dimmed_color dark gray


!section_color blue


!presel_highlight_color* cyan


!datum_color brown


!quilt_color magenta


!selected_color* red


!secondary_selected_color* orange


!preview_geom_color* yellow


!secondary_preview_color* pale yellow

 

[Jacoolo]

Hello all



thanks megaladon for Your help, but as I wrote the problem is not with
tickness but with color of letters on printed document, they are gray.
I also tried to convince my color printer to print only in black-white
but without succes. The results of printing You can see below. It is
grayscale. And I want to have the letters in strict black color as
edges.

View attachment 1576

this is normal printing, after creating a plot file with spec from
megaldon the only difference is the letters are thickness, almost not
visible, but still gray

In Pro\e I have the letters in drawing in green color. And I found out
that it has an impact on printing. When I change the color to
yellow(the same as leaders or witness lines) the text after printing
was not visible. Than I change the color (View>Display
Setting>System colors) to black and ... and it occured to be this
what I was looking for.

View attachment 1577





In the end I have a little mess in my head about whole situation. I
still do not exactly now how to control printing and what has an impact
on this? Any ideas?

 

[dross]

Your Color.pnt controls both thickness and color.


Here is mine, it prints all in Black, some with thicker lines than others:


! Requires config option "pen_table_file" to be set to this file
! Change attention_color lines (sheet metal green) to black
! Change quilt_color lines (title block border Magenta) thickness
pen 1 color 0.0 0.0 0.0; thickness .01; attention_color
pen 1; drawing_color
pen 1; half_tone_color
pen 2 color 0.0 0.0 0.0; thickness .02; letter_color
pen 3 color 0.0 0.0 0.0; thickness .06; magenta_color
pen 4 color 0.0 0.0 0.0; quilt_color

 

[dross]

Oops, should have read Table.pnt, not Color.pnt

 

[SRINIVASANIYER1]

I just change the display to Black on White and print.


This way it prints all colours in Black with the right thickness.