How to print drawings one above the other on a plotter ?

[shadashiindia]

If you print to the plotter, then there is an empty space on top.

I have a wide roll of paper.

How to print the drawings one above the other?

[maratovich]

AutoCAD can not connect different drawings when printing.

Do you have two options

1. You can create two title blocks next to each other.

Then you can select two drawings for printing at once.

2. Print your drawings in PDF.

Then merge the drawings into one large PDF page.

And then print a large PDF on the plotter.

This is compose pages.

Try using this:

https://www.kdmsoft.net/reverspdf.html

[eldon]

What width of paper are you using? and what size drawing are you plotting?

 

I expect you have tried rotating the drawing so the plotting is across the width instead of along the length of the paper.

[BIGAL]

We plot A1 on a A0 roll every day as landscape and have no problems, buried away in the plotter setting is something like "auto orientate" "reduce white space" even plot portrait rotate your title block may be a quick fix. Last what brand and model is your plotter some one here may have one and can help with the settings. Dont forget if plotting from Autocad your using a Windows driver so need to check plotter settings there also, we have a screwy printer like that.

[shadashiindia]

What width of paper are you using? and what size drawing are you plotting?

My paper size is 290x1300 and 420x1100

[shadashiindia]

AutoCAD can not connect different drawings when printing.

Try using this:

https://www.kdmsoft.net/reverspdf.html

Thank you, I'm trying it.

How to connect the two one to the other?

290x1300 and 290x1300

420х1100 and 420х1100

[eldon]

You did not say how wide your paper roll is.

 

Your paper sizes do not seem to be standard sizes, so you will always have waste.

[shadashiindia]

My paper width roll 841 and 914

We need to print A1 and A2 and there are long papers between them, they need to be combined.

[eldon]

The paper roll of 841 width is for Metric A sized sheets. The A1 sheet fits nicely, but you would have to plot two A2s at the same time in order not to waste paper. I would arrange a combined drawing of two A2 sheets to be plotted as an A1.

 

The paper roll of 914 width equates to 36 inches, which would do better with the American paper sheet sizes.

[shadashiindia]

Yes, the metric.

For A1 and A2, there are no problems.

There are large cuttings for 290x1300 and 420x1100.

We have one roll for everyone.

[maratovich]

AutoCAD can not connect different drawings when printing.

Try using this:

https://www.kdmsoft.net/reverspdf.html

Thank you, I'm trying it.

How to connect the two one to the other?

290x1300 and 290x1300

420х1100 and 420х1100

You need to perform the program settings once.

Then you will automatically compose pages.

In the archive, an example of PDF files and an example of the program settings.

Do as specified in the example.

Sample.zip

[BIGAL]

This is known as Tiling or Nesting and is supported on some plotters as an automatic function need to send two plots pretty quickly one after the other so they end up in the plotter buffer, again its a function of the plotter settings.

 

The other way is two viewports in one layout your size does not exceed the 841 - clip limits. We plot 3-4 viewports as horizontal strips all the time for our road jobs. You need to pick the longer size as the sheet size.

[SLW210]

Tell us what plotter you have. Some plotters have nesting abilities.