Setting Up the Plotter
Task 9: Set Up Your Software
| Task 9: Set Up Your Software |
| This section gives a simple overview of the |
| to perform and is designed for those users unfamiliar with this type of task. It also |
| points to documents containing detailed, |
| More experienced users may prefer to go straight to those documents. |
| For UNIX systems, see also the tips starting on page |
| Basic Terminology |
Application software | Application software means the software from which you intend to send plots to |
| your plotter ± for example, a CAD system, a graphics package, a desktop |
| publishing system etc. |
Drivers | Your application software needs to know to which type of plotter it is sending |
| information. This knowledge, and other configuration information, is held in a |
| ªdriver.º The driver is a piece of software that handles communications between |
| your application software and your plotter. |
| To make sure that your plotter prints exactly what you expect ± in terms of size, |
| position, orientation and quality ± use the correct driver for the combination of |
| your application software and your plotter. |
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