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Printer Driver for HP DesignJet printers has encountered problem and needs to close.
I am getting this error when I ever I try to plot a drawing from AutoCAD 2006 LT. The plotter driver works fine for printing test pages, or printing out of other files. For some reason, I keep getting this error when printing out of AutoCAD 2006 LT. Where should I begin troubleshooting?
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It is an HP DesignJet 500. I found a couple message boards with the same problem, and apparently it is an issue between HP and AutoDesk. The only workaround that I found to fix it is to save the AutoCAD file to the c drive and then print from there. Needless to say, this is not the idea workaround, so if there are any other things I can try I am all ears.
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1. Wich model of ploter you have....is it the HP DJ500 42" or HP DJ500 24"
2. Could you try to install the latest update of your driver
3. check the amount of memory used in this plotter...
and the memory size needed for your drawings(in MB) maybe it needs some boost of memory..
good luck
rbassal
2. Could you try to install the latest update of your driver
3. check the amount of memory used in this plotter...
and the memory size needed for your drawings(in MB) maybe it needs some boost of memory..
good luck
rbassal
The problem is the plot path. If this path is shortened (essentially done when copying the file to the c: drive) it will not occur and this is somethign that should be addressed by HP in a later version of the driver. I believe driver version 6.03 and earlier (only in the PCL driver, not the HPGL/2 driver) had this problem.
The plot path is augmented by the drawing name also, so the name of the file may play a role in this too.
I haven't tried fullplotpath, but that may introduce other issues as well.
This may also work:
1. Select Tools, Options, and then select the Plot and Publish tab.
2. Select Enable background plot when Plotting in the Background processing options menu.
The plot path is augmented by the drawing name also, so the name of the file may play a role in this too.
I haven't tried fullplotpath, but that may introduce other issues as well.
This may also work:
1. Select Tools, Options, and then select the Plot and Publish tab.
2. Select Enable background plot when Plotting in the Background processing options menu.
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oops, that was the variable I was talking about but added an extra path in it, doh!
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When trying to update the driver, I am getting an error "The files installed are not valid for the selected architecture". The latest driver on the HP site is 6.03.
I am using an HP 500 42"
I think changing the fullplotpath to 0 did the trick. Is this something I need to do each time I open AutoCAD, or is it a setting that is saved?
I am using an HP 500 42"
I think changing the fullplotpath to 0 did the trick. Is this something I need to do each time I open AutoCAD, or is it a setting that is saved?
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By telling us which DJ you are using...look at what i found when searching HP's website support section, quite a few of them with their respective issues hehe:
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_lang=en&h_cc=us&cc=us&h_page=hpcom&lang=en&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_query=designjet+plotter&submit.x=10&submit.y=7