\#MAINMENU
\$HPCONFIG
\KHPCONFIG
The information in this dialog box, and in the others that you can access from here, relates to the plotter selected at the top.
To work with an alternative plotter you should choose it from the list of plotter configurations. Each entry in that list features a serial number. The driver assigns a serial number to each HP model/description combination that you have configured using the CONFIG command. These serial numbers #1, #2, etc. uniquely identify each plotter.
Scroll through the list of configurations and click on its entry in the list. That plotter and its current configuration file are entered in the dialog box.
To add a plotter configuration to the list you must start at the AutoCAD main window and use the 'config' command. Once you have added a configuration you can use 'hpconfig' to create a configuration file to be used with this new plotter.
To work with an alternative configuration file: scroll through the list of filenames and click on its entry in the list. Its name will appear in the dialog box.
To change the settings stored in a configuration file simply select the new settings and click on OK.
To add a configuration file to the list click on Save As, and enter a new name in the 'File' box. This will create a new file (.hpc) which contains the current settings. The new filename will be entered in the dialog box.
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Number of Copies
	Enter the number of copies you want from each AutoCAD Plot command.
Print Quality
	Select a quality level, or accept the plotter's default. Higher quality output takes longer to plot. Not all options are available for all plotters.
Print colors
	Note:	this setting does not override the plotter's front panel setting.
	Select the type of color representation for your plotted output:
	*	In color: will produce a full color plot.\
	*	Colors as gray: will convert the colors in your drawing to shades of gray.\
	*	All as black: will convert all the colors of your drawing to black.
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To define pen attributes,\
	select Pens...
To add annotations to the plot,\
	select Annotations...
To define your drawing's orientation on the media,\
	select Media Orientation...
To avoid clipped plots or clip warnings,\
	choose Advanced Media Options...
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\#PENATTR
\$Pen Attributes
\KPen Attributes
This dialog box lets you define pen attributes for the pen numbers you specify.  Most pen plotters have eight pens, numbered 1 through 8, which will be activated as the following pen numbers defined here: 1 through 8, 9 through 16, etc.  Inkjet plotters have no physical pens, but attributes you define here will be assigned to "logical pens".
To change the number of the pen you are defining, click on the arrows on the bar below the pen number, or enter the number in the box.
To have your specification apply to all pens, click "Apply to all pens".
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Plot Merge Control\
(for inkjet plotters; applies to all pens)
	*	Select "Lines Overwrite" to make intersecting areas show only the last entity plotted.
	*	Select "Lines Merge" to make intersecting areas show all lines and fills.  This setting will apply only if Merge is OFF on the plotter.
	If Merge is ON on the plotter, it overrides this setting.
Area Fill Generation\
(for pen plotters)
	*	"Plotter - (Best Lockout Time)"\
		Area fills are generated in the plotter, this selection results in the shortest period of time your computer is busy and unavailable.
	*	"AutoCAD - (Best Plotting Time)"\
		Area fills are generated by AutoCAD, this selection results in the shortest period of time your plotter takes to draw your plot.\
		The "Fills" menu is unavailable with this selection.
Halftoning...\
(HP DesignJet 650C only)
	Click here to access the Halftoning dialog box. For an explanation of halftoning, click on Help in that dialog box.
Line End
	Select the shape for line ends.  Round ends are recommended for most AutoCAD plots.
Line Join
	Select the shape for line joins.  Round joins are recommended for most AutoCAD plots.
Fill
	Select a fill pattern.  It will apply to TRACEs, SOLIDS,PLINEs, DONUTs and ELLIPSEs.
	Raster Pattern   means the pattern whose filename is currently selected on the right.  This setting will apply only if Pen Settings/Palette is set to "from software" on the plotter.
Spacing, Angle, Shade
	These specifications apply to the fill option currently selected above.
Raster Patterns (not for pen plotters)
	The files named on the right contain some predefined patterns which you can choose as your fill selection.
	To apply a raster pattern, first select Raster Pattern from the Fill options.  The highlighted filename is the current one.  To change it:
	*	either click on another in the list displayed\
	*	or click on Change to select from files not in the list.
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\#ANNOTATE
\$Annotations
\KAnnotations

This dialog box enables you to define text or crop marks to be plotted:
.	in addition to the drawing\
.	by pen number 7 (default black 2.54 mm)\
.	on all plots using this configuration file.
Text annotation is plotted at the bottom of portrait loaded media and at the left of landscape-loaded media. Crop marks are plotted at the corners of the plotting area.
IMPORTANT:	Annotations shift your plot by 12.5 mm (0.5 in), which is not included in the width and height specification in the PLOT command.
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Drawing File
	Select to include the drawing filename and pathname.
Plot Date/Time
	Select to include the date and time the plot began.
Driver Info
	Select to include the driver name, plotter model and configuration filename.
Crop Marks
	Select to include crop marks at the corners of the plotting area.
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\#PAPEROR
\$Media Orientation
\KMedia Orientation;
This dialog box lets you make sure that your drawing is plotted in the correct orientation on the media.
	1)	Identify which of the eight pictures matches your requirement.
		*	Is your on-screen image:
			-	landscape (width > height)?\
				... then left column
			-	portrait (width < height)?\
				... then right column
		*	Is the orientation of the media loaded in your plotter:
			-	landscape?\
			-	portrait?
		*	Where do you want the biggest margin? (Pen plotters only)
		*	Where do you want the origin?
	2)	Click on the correct picture.
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\#PAPERADV
\$Advanced Media Options
\KAdvanced Media Options
This dialog box helps you avoid clipped plots.
	1)	Identify whether AutoCAD's "Scaled to fit" option (in the Plot Configuration window) is ON or OFF.
	2)	If it is OFF, decide whether you want to be warned on-screen that your plot will be clipped. Click on the appropriate box.
		If it is ON, AutoCAD's standard estimate of the plotting area may not be correct for your plotter. To scale to fit the real plotting area, choose "Don't clip. Adjust to media" (not operational with all plotters).  If you don't choose this, you can decide whether you want to be warned on-screen that your plot will be clipped.  Click on one of the three boxes.
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Plotter Margins
For plotters with an expanded margin feature,
	click on either OFF or ON, to match the current setting on the plotter.  This setting is used by the driver to calculate the real plotting area.
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\#PRINTOP
\$Halftoning
\KHalftoning
Halftoning refers to the appearance of vectors drawn by the plotter in all colors EXCEPT the seven primary plotter colors: red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
THE MODEL A VERSION OF THE HP DESIGNJET 650C\
(product numbers C2858A and C2859A) implements only one halftoning option ("pattern") and therefore users of those models have no use for this dialog box.
THE MODEL B VERSION OF THE HP DESIGNJET 650C\
(product numbers C2858B and C2859B) implements as a default "scatter" halftoning, and offers "pattern" halftoning as an option.   You can experiment between the two, but scatter is likely to give better results in most circumstances.  To see the current plotter default setting, use the plotter's front panel to find Pen Settings / Halftone.  The factory default is scatter.
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BENEFITS OF SCATTER (BEST IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES):
	*	The texture of many colored areas is more consistent.\
	*	Small text printed in light colors is easier to read.
CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN PATTERN MAY BE PREFERABLE:
	*	When an HP-GL/2 plot contains a very large number of different colors in one pass of the plotter's print cartridges.\
	*	When scatter creates jagged lines and less sharp edges.
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