Printing from X2

[Thee Starry™]

I can't print to any printers from Mastercam X2.

 

I can print from Pro/E, AutoCad, Router-Cim and the like. When I try from Mastercam, the printer just spits out a blank piece of paper. Says it printed, acts like it is printing, but sends me blanks.

 

Any ideas?

[doyleg]

i don't have any probs. sorry

 

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x2 mr1 sp1 mill level1

solids

[Dan_AKA_ROY]

That does seem strange. Not sure what to tell you, print works fine over here.

 

A whiles back when X first came out, the 100% scale was a tad off. If you carefully measured the print, it wasn't spot on with the part. MC9 was right on, but not X. However, that has long since been fixed.

 

Maybe you're out of ink? (Bad joke)

 

You sure X2 is pointing to your printer? Wait, sure it is - its printing as you said...just blanks.

 

Oh well, disregard my post. I have nothing to offer, as this sure does sound puzzling to me.

[Thad]

Michael,

 

Are you printing or plotting? They used to be 2 seperate features in V9, but they've been combined in X. The general rule is if you send it to the plotter, select a scale. If you don't select a scale, it'll just be a screen shot (the old V9 Hardcopy).

 

There have been plenty of issues with plotting with MC while still being able to plot with other software. We plot with UG and Autocad without a hitch, but constantly have problems with MC.

 

So, are you printing or plotting?

 

Thad

[Span]

I had the same problem with the original X, had to install new printer drivers.

[Thee Starry™]

Printing, not plotting. Yeah, it is a total mystery to me. It is rare that I need to print from MC, but it sure would be more convenient.

My current workaround is, when I do need to print, I open the file in Pro/E and print from there.

Oh well, what are ya gonna do. Could be worse, I could have no ability to print at all.

[Thad]

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Printing, not plotting.

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Now that's interesting. Plotting is usually the troublesome one.

 

Thad

[Midwest]

Works fine here.........

 

 

 

 

Does print preview look OK on your screen?????????

 

[dprovost71]

It does have to do with the printer and its drivers. I can print wire frames but not solids.

I can't print my solids on a ricoh we have but I can print on a HP. One solution was to print to a pdf first...Cutepdf...a freebie listed in an earlier post works. This problem seems to be printer specific.

[Thee Starry™]

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Does print preview look OK on your screen?????????

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Yes it does.

 

I am going to look into new printer drivers now! Will update soon.

[bogusmill]

Just a thought, could it be printing white? Try a sheet of colored paper.

[Thee Starry™]

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Just a thought, could it be printing white? Try a sheet of colored paper.

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Drivers did not help either. Oh well...Thanks for the help guys!

[Midwest]

 

Send them over to Keebler..........It will Give him something to do.........he'll fax you over the print ASAP.....

[bogusmill]

I tried to print something just now and while I was looking at the print preview MC crashed and gave me 3 error reports to send when it then could not find the error reports and probably sent blank reports. Launching the file revealed the file had reverted back to when I came into work this morning even though I'm pretty sure I've done a save at least once today.

[Thee Starry™]

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[idea]

 

Send them over to Keebler..........It will Give him something to do.........he'll fax you over the print ASAP..... [Razz] [big Grin]

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[Midwest]

BUMP

 

 

Hey Starry69...........did ya find a solution......or R U still sending them 2 Keeb???

 

 

 

Needs help in this new thread

 

 

[Randy Wolff]

I have the same problem with X2 and X3. When ever I try to print shaded it spits out a blank sheet but looks good in print preview. Prints out wireframes just fine.