Creating .plt files

[christo4robin]

I have to send files to a shop that can't handle .pdf's. When I plot to a virtual HP-755cm and check plot to file, I get .prn files. Help says I can choose between .plt's and .prn's. But it doesn't tell me how.

Anybody?

Thanks,

Christopher

[Scott D Davis]

When it prompts for a file name, change the pull-down for the filename extention from PRN to PLT.

[christo4robin]

If I select several sheets to be plotted, I don't get the file type drop down. Can I just change the file extension from .prn to .plt?

Am I understanding that the guts of the two file types are the same and that it is only the cosmetic file extension that is different?

[Steve_Stafford]

You need to check the Plot to File check box, then a filename prefix option is offered....fillin the prefix you want to use and then change the extension from prn to plt...(wish it was by default...) in the drop down combo box...

[Scott D Davis]

I think PRN handles multiple sheets, and PLT is single sheet. Since you are selecting several at a time, it is trying to create one PRN file for the multiple sheets. You may need to select sinlge sheets to create separate PLT files for each sheet.