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It's not 'xdwgfadectrl' I've tried that, it's set to zero. All the transparencies are set to zero, and it's not just on one drawing, but a few drawings. I have tried multiple ctb files, assuming one wasn't working right, but that didn't work.
It is something that is affecting the blocks alone, causing them to print out extremely light.
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Im having an issue with drawings plotting too light in AutoCAD 2013. Polylines with a specified thickness of 1/32" will print dark, but the rest of the drawing is almost unreadable because it is too light. "Plot with Plotstyles" is selected
I can use 2009 to print, which is also installed on my machine, and the drawing will print as intended.Using the same plot style, same settings in both.
Working in AutoCAD 2013
Plotting from the Layout - Model is plotting fine, XREF Titleblock is plotting out too light, about 20% of what model plots.
XREFd on 0 layer (tried on different layer, result = no difference) all other aspects of plot are correct
XDWGFADECTL set at 1
LAYLOCKFADECTL set at 1
Print Preferences
- line and text (not photo)
- dpi 600
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Attached is a screen capture of the corner PDF I plotted.
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