Copyright: Thursday, October 07, 1999 10:32:59


Specifies the form and manual feed settings.

On a plotter, form defines paper size, page orientation, and page margins. Plotters generally have a main paper tray or a roll paper feeder that supports printing on various sizes of paper.


Specifies the paper or envelope size and page orientation of the form assigned to the main paper roller.


Specifies the paper or envelope size and page orientation of the form assigned to the main paper feeder.


Specifies the paper or envelope size and page orientation of the form to be manually fed.


Specifies the paper orientation used when the printer is set to use manual feed.

If you want to print a flow sheet or diagram on paper that is wider than it is tall, click Insert Length-side First.

If you want to print a sketch of a skyscraper, for example, on paper that is taller than it is wide, click Insert Wide-side First.


Controls how documents are printed on paper. You can save paper when printing on rolled paper by rotating the form on the page and you can save paper when printing on cut sheets by telling the printer to wait until the correct paper size has been installed.


Specifies whether to rotate the form so that the shortest side is printed, to save paper.


Specifies whether to print if the selected paper size is smaller than the installed paper size.

If the paper size you selected is smaller than the installed paper size, and you want to print on the installed paper size, click Print Smaller Paper Size, and then click Yes.

If the paper size you selected is smaller than the installed paper size, and you want the document to be held in the queue until paper of the appropriate size is installed, click Print Smaller Paper Size, and then click No.


Specifies the installed pen set. Because you can assign different colors to the pens in each set, you will want to be sure that the pen set you specify matches the pens actually installed on the plotter.


Click to view the available pen sets for the plotter. To view the specific color assignment for each pen in a set, click the plus sign next to the pen set.


Click to view the color assigned to each pen in the selected pen set.


Specifies the color of the selected pen. If you assign another color to the pen, you must also change the pen in the corresponding slot on the plotter.


Allows you to view or change the halftone color settings.


Specifies whether TrueType fonts should be drawn as outlines or filled in. By default, TrueType fonts will print as filled in, which is best for final print quality. Click No to have the TrueType fonts drawn as outlines, which is good for draft quality. This will save ink and wear on the pens.


Specifies whether to use a fast picture printing mode. This print mode lets you quickly print an image regardless of printer memory and is available only when you are printing large documents that contain a single image and text (for example, a poster).

If your document consists of a single image and text, and you want to print the image quickly without the text, click Quick Poster Mode (Single Image Page), and then click Yes.