Queueing & Nesting
Queue mgmt
Page ID
All menu modes
Position in queue
Plot name
Managing Your Plots
Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)
To Identify a Page in the QueueIn Queueing & Nesting, you can scroll through the pages in the queue.
Each has an identifier, comprising:
<position in queue> : <plot name>
The page currently being plotted is in position 0. The next page to be plotted is in position 1, the one after in position 2, etc. The previous page plotted is position ±1, the one before that in position ±2, etc.
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Some applications let you give your plot a descriptive name which it then conveys to the plotter ± for example ªBuilding 2 Exteriorº. If your software supports this feature, this plot name is applied to each page and displayed after its queue position:
1:Building 2 Exterior
Position in queue | e f fe |
If your software does not support this feature, your plotter will assign names to the pages in its queue. The
1:92K Vectors
Position in queue | e e f e i e e |
Note that this is not an indication of the amount of memory the page requires. For that, see page