Printing CAD Drawings from the Printer Driver

You can print CAD drawings using your printer driver. This printing method is best for high quality views and drawings.
Note: If lines in your drawing are not printed properly, print the drawing using HP-GL/2 or HP RTL mode using the product control panel.
  1. Open the file you want to print in your CAD software.
  2. Click Plot and select your product as the printer.
  3. Click Properties.
  4. On the Device and Document Settings tab, click Custom Properties. You see the printer driver window:


  5. Select the Document Size and Output Size settings as necessary.
  6. Select the Source setting.
  7. Select the Media Type setting.
  8. Choose one of the CAD/Line Drawing options as the Select Target setting.
  9. Select any other printing settings as necessary and click OK.
  10. Start printing your drawing from the CAD software.
Parent topic: Printing CAD Drawings