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From: Sue Irons <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: Printing on a plotter
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 09:30:57 -0600


Fantastic! - thank you to all for all your help and insight.

Sue

Wal Mills wrote:
>
> I use a HP750C plotter at work to do just that. From memory I think windows
> 98 already had this driver, if not you can pick it up at the Hewlettpackard
> .com (or something like that) web site. Then just add a printer the way you
> normally do in Win 98 or Win 95. Set the details section to print to a file.
> When printing from Visual Chart go to page setup, select the HP750 printer
> then the page size etc (you can also set up a custom page). Just print
> normally. If the resultant file is too large I zip it up (might span 2
> floppy disks).
>
> I take this to the other computer and in DOS type "Copy ***.prn LPT*"
> Where ***.prn is the name of the output file from Visual Chart
> and LPT* is the port for the HP750.
>
> This method will work for any software where you do not have that printer.
>
> Wal Mills ()
> http://www.ozemail.com.au/~walm/
> Maitland - Hub of the Hunter Valley
> NSW AUSTRALIA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sue Irons <>
> To: The Master Genealogist <>
> Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 1999 9:56 AM
> Subject: TMG-L: Printing on a plotter
>
> > Hi to all;
> >
> > I don't write often, but do read alot of the e-mails going back and
> > forth.
> >
> > My question is:
> >
> > Can TMG print to a plotter? Specifically an HP DesignJet 750C? This
> > plotter is virtually unlimited in length, width is 36 inches.
> >
> > Has anyone printed to a plotter their ancestor/descendant charts using
> > TMG 4.0?
> >
> > Thanks for your input and help
> >
> > Sue
>
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