Printing an AutoCAD Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 801

The monochrome.ctb file will print all colors in your drawing as black, but they
won't change the colors in the AutoCAD file. This is the plot-style table you'll use
to plot your My Cabin project.
Assigning Plot-Style tables to Drawings
Each drawing can be assigned only one kind of plot-style table file: color-dependent
or named. This is determined when the drawing is first created.
NOTE even though the type of plot style for a new drawing is fixed
in the plot Style table Settings dialog box, two utility commands let you
switch the type of plot style that a drawing can have and assign a different
one. they are the CONVERTPSTYLES and CONVERTCTB commands.
Follow these steps:
1. Open the Application menu, and click the Options button in the
lower-right corner.
2. This opens the Options dialog box; click the Plot And Publish tab. Then
click the Plot Style Table Settings button near the lower-right corner of
the dialog box. Doing so opens the Plot Style Table Settings dialog box.
In the uppermost group are the two radio buttons that control
which type of plot style a drawing will accept, color-dependent or
named (see Figure 15.16). New drawings will accept only the type of
plot style that is selected here.
FiGuRE 15.16 The Plot Style Table Settings dialog box