AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013: No Experience Required

CHAPTER 15

Printing a Drawing

With today's equipment, there is no difference between printing and plotting. Printing used to refer to smaller-format printers, and plotting referred to pen plotters, most of which were designed for plotting large sheets. But the terms are now used interchangeably. Pen plotters have been virtually replaced by large-format inkjet or laser plotters with a few additional settings not commonly found on standard printing devices. Otherwise, as far as Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® software is concerned, the differences between plotters and laser, inkjet, or electrostatic printers are minimal. In this book, printing and plotting have the same meaning.

Although you may have a variety of small-format and large-format plotters attached ...