Specifies settings for printer accounting, media mismatch mode action, and print nesting control.
The Advanced tab provides control over printer accounting, media mismatch mode action, and print nesting control. Advanced features require AccXES printer firmware, version 4.0 or later.
The following options are available on the Advanced tab:
The following options are available in the Printer Accounting area:
Turns on printer accounting.
Opens the Printer Accounting dialog box.
If you previously selected a printer firmware version earlier than 6.2, you are asked to enter an account number and a subaccount number.
If you have selected a printer firmware version 6.2 or later, you are asked to enter a user ID and an account ID.
Both dialog boxes allow you to save the information. If you do not save the information and accounting is enabled, you are prompted for the accounting information at plot time.
Defines what is output if the media or media size requested does not match the media loaded.
The printer uses the largest media of the type selected that fits your printer. If all the installed media of the selected type are smaller than the print job, the largest media is used and the job is scaled to fit. If no media of the selected type is installed, the printer holds your job until the proper media is installed.
The printer holds your job until the proper media is installed.
The printer substitutes the media type selected and prints on the size specified if it exists. If the size specified does not exist, the plot is set to Scale to Fit with the media type installed in the printer.
Specifies the space between the nested copies. Valid values are 0 mm through 25 mm (0 through 0.98425 inches). This option is available only when Nest Copies is selected.
Multiple copies of a print can be nested (printed together). Plot Nesting modes are
| Off | No nesting. |
| Printer Default | Nest according to the printer settings. |
| Nest Copies | Nest multiple copies in a single print. |
Allows the selection of the binarization method used on multibit raster images.
| Screen | Offers faster printing but may produce prints with a grainy appearance. |
| Error Diffusion | Generally produces a smoother print image. |
Improves the visibility of fine lines. Depending on your printer's resolution, lines that are only a few pixels wide may appear light and be difficult to see. This setting allows you to set the minimum width of drawn lines from one to 10 pixels. Lines that are wider are not accommodated by Fineline Pixel Threshold. This setting has no impact on raster images.
When accounting is turned on and you have selected a firmware version of 6.1 or earlier, you use this dialog box to obtain your account number and subaccount number.
The account number and subaccount number must match values known by your printer. Your plotter administrator may add account and subaccount numbers using the printer’s front panel.
If you select Save Account Numbers, you are not prompted at plot generation time for these values. If Save Account Numbers is not selected, then you are prompted every time you generate a plot for the account and subaccount numbers.
The account number must be in the range of 0 through 999999.
The subaccount number must be in the range of 0 through 9999.
See your plotter administrator for your account number and subaccount number.