Chapter 8
Introducing Printing, Plotting, and Layouts
Getting hard-copy output from the AutoCAD® 2013 software is something of an art. You’ll need to be intimately familiar with both your output device and the settings available in AutoCAD. You’ll probably spend a good deal of time experimenting with the plotter settings in AutoCAD and with your printer or plotter to get your equipment set up just the way you want.
With the huge array of output options available, this chapter can provide only a general discussion of plotting and printing. As a rule, the process for using a plotter isn’t much different from that for a printer; you just have more media-sized options with plotters. Still, every output device is different. It’s up to you to work ...
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