TABLE OF CONTENTS This appendix describes the plotters and printers that AutoCAD LT works with and explains how to create custom configurations for your plotters.
After AutoCAD LT is set up on your computer, it prints its drawings to any system printer. System printers are any printer that is connected to your computer, whether directly or via networks.
A direct connection means the printer is connected directly to your computer via a USB (most common), parallel (less common), serial (rare nowadays), or infrared port.
A network connection means the printer is connected indirectly to your computer; you access it over the network. The printer either is connected to another computer (and the computer is connected to the network) or is on the network (the printer contains a network card).
When you use the Plot command, AutoCAD LT's Plot dialog box lists the system printers reported to AutoCAD LT by Windows. The list is often similar to the list of printers you see in any other Windows application.
The system printers most commonly found in an office environment include laser printers that produce high-speed, black-white prints; inkjet printers for color prints; and fax "printers" for sending faxes.
More general than system printers are output devices, which are anything to which AutoCAD LT can output drawings:
System printers
Pen plotters (illustrated at right)
Inkjet plotters
Laser printers
Milling machines
3D stereolithography devices
To communicate with printers, applications use software called drivers. The...
