Chapter 8
Introducing Printing and Layouts
Getting hard-copy output from AutoCAD 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 AutoCAD’s print settings 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 using a printer; you just have more media-size options with plotters. Still, every output device is different. It’s up to you to work out the details and fine-tune the ...
