Printing an AutoCAD Drawing - AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011: No Experience Required - page 822

FiGuRE 15.31 The preview of the current layout
Printing a Drawing with Multiple Viewports
Multiple viewports in a layout don't require special handling. The print is made
with the layout active at a scale of 1:1. For the next print, you'll continue using
the DWFx plotter, but with a larger sheet size. Large-format drawings, typically
defined as anything larger than 11 ″× 17 ″ , are especially common when represent-
ing large designs such as buildings.
Printing with a Large-Format Printer
The procedure here varies little from the one you just followed to print the lay-
out at a 1:1 scale. Here you will scale the viewport up to fit on a larger sheet for
presentation purposes:
1. Open the C-101.dwg site plan sheet file, and switch to the C-101 lay-
out (see Figure 15.32).
2. Start the PLOT command to open the Plot dialog box. Verify that the
DWFx plotter is still current, and in the Paper Size area, choose any
large-size paper that is recognized by the plotter. In this example, I'm
using a 24 ″× 36 ″ (A1 -594 mm × 841 mm) sheet size.