[Qgis-user] Large Format Printing (A0)

[Alex Mandel]

Craig Leat wrote:
> Alex:
>> Even with proprietary apps, I always create a ps of pdf file before
>> sending to the plotter. I have yet to meet a graphic intensive program
>> that doesn't require this, in order to have sane printing times free of
>> errors.
> 
> This is an interesting suggestion. Do you always create the ps file
> because your plotter supports ps directly? If the plotter doesn't
> contain an inbuilt ps interpreter are there any advantages to sending
> a ps file to the plotter?
> 
> Has anyone any experience with converting to the HPGL2 language and
> sending those files to a DesignJet instead of ps?
> 
> Any further advice appreciated,
> 
> Craig

Yes most of the designjets I've used had the PS moniker at the end of
the model number. And as others have noted ps and pdf always work, but
other methods do not especially printing directly for ArcGIS, things
would come out upsidedown, rotated, backwards or the wrong size.
Note printing via a dedicated print server(computer with OS) is also a
terrible idea, especially since the designjets have hard drives an ram
to hold the jobs to begin with.

Never tried HPGL2, not even sure how to do it, sounds like extra work.
Alex