Xerox Document Workstation with PlotWorks Support & Software User Guide

G-24 • PlotWorks User Guide

There are a number of PlotWorks settings that are not supported by Repro Desk 

Job files. These include: Output Quality, Fill Space, Overlay Offsets, 

Watermarks, Labels, Top, Bottom, and Right Margins, Finishing Margin, and 

many data format specific options such as for Calcomp files, HPGL2 resolution, 

etc. PlotWorks will either auto-detect these settings or default them to values 

from the Prototype line

If an image is left aligned in Repro Desk and rotation is set at 90 or 270 

degrees, the image becomes right aligned.

If left margin is selected and alignment is set as centered at 0 or 180 degree 

rotation, Repro Desk shifts the image off the page by a variable amount. This 

does not occur with Repro Desk when 90 or 270-degree rotation is selected. 

PlotWorks does not shift the image regardless of the rotation selected.

Compensate for differences in image density by adjusting the gamma 

correction settings in the Printer Interface. The amount of correction 

necessary is dependent on the printer used and customer preferences. For 

more information refer to page 8-34.

Test cases using the sample SuCasa files, showed that when "Map Pen 

Colors to a Shaded Halftone" was selected, Repro Desk did not print certain 

sections of the drawings. Also 0.06mm line weights caused fills to disappear 

in some areas. In these cases PlotWorks output was superior and consistent.

If pen lines are printing too thin, deselect Reduce pen widths from the Printer 

Interface, Device Specific Options dialog box. For more information see 

Postscript/PDF prints often look better when printed with PlotWorks. This is 
because in PlotWorks, Postscript/PDF resolution can be manually set to any 
number, individually, per drawing. This reduces or eliminates undesirable patterns