Looking for DWG to PDF printer driver

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Looking for DWG to PDF printer driver

hi,

I used to have this printer driver and deleted it by mistake...and I can't remember where I got it from.

Basically the driver allowed me to print to large format plotter paper (like ANSI C, D etc) from within any application. I use it mostly to create large PDF formats when printing things like family trees.

Anyone know where I can get this driver? A web search gives a real mixed bag and some of those websites don't look too safe.

thanks

Posted on Jan 31, 2020 7:35 PM

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Answer 1

Feb 19, 2020 6:51 PM in response to BDAqua

hi

I finally found what I was (sort of) looking for, so I thought I'd share it here. Your TextEdit example works fine for specific Apple OS apps, but not for other apps. I have a genealogical app that needs plotter size paper to create large charts so I found a website with great advice on how to setup a virtual printer. So I installed drivers for an HP plotter and following the instructions on this website I was able to set up a virtual plotter. Now I have large format paper available to me from any app, when I wanna create a PDF on large paper, which I can then have printed from a plotter where they offer that service. Hope this is useful

http://caddpower.com/osxmakevirtualprinterpscript.htm

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Answer 2

BDAqua

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Feb 1, 2020 9:48 AM in response to nick baccante

Ah, I completely misunderstood.

You have it already, in Text Edit>File>Page Setup>Paper Size>Manage Custom sizes...

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Answer 3

Feb 1, 2020 7:05 AM in response to BDAqua

thanks, but doesn't look like what I'm looking for. Basically, I'm looking for a printer driver so you can add a printer in system preferences, and this virtual printer then allows you to access all the large format papers, if this makes sense...

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