Select a Printer or Plotter

Before plotting a drawing, you must select a printer or plotter. The device you select affects the printable area of the drawing.

After selecting a printing or plotting device, you also can easily plot a drawing using the default settings in the Plot dialog box.

Procedures

To select a printer or plotter

1. Click Home tab Output panel Plot.
2. In the Plot dialog box, under Printer/Plotter, select a plotter from the Name list.

   If you have already selected a paper size and it is not supported by the plotter you have chosen, you are warned that a paper size supported by the plotter will be used. Click OK if the warning is displayed.

3. Once you have selected a plotter, you can continue to select a paper size, or if the paper size is correct, click OK to plot the drawing.