Well all the stations have their own liscence. The plotters/printers are
all connected via a print server. When i meant configured through a single
server i meant the actual file/folders are located on a server and shared
out.
This was as before everythign is uniform and also backed up daily.
> It seems pretty easy so far. You have a main server, so is that what the
> plotters are plugged into? If so, then I guess that's the best way. I
like
> having a plotter plugged into this computer, another into that computer,
> etc. That way, if the server goes down while we are working, we can
> temporarily save our drawing locally and then print to a local printer if
> nec. In other words, not everyone has to be affected by problems with the
> server. Are you using a server based CAD system with license managing
> software?
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> __________
> Bill DeShawn
> http://pages.prodigy.net/bdeshawn/bdeshawn.htm
> > I'm a cad manager. To make things more uniform in the office I have
> placed
> > the plotstyles, fonts, plotters, drv and even support folders on our
main
> > server. All the users stations are then configured to use these files. I
> > know this is a terrible hack but it seems to work. in making all the
plot
> > characteristics of all the stations uniform an it also allows
centralized
> > customization. Thus far I have had a few quirks, periodically plotter
> > doesn't layout the job correctly. but thus far the benefits far outweigh
> the
> > negative. Is there an easier way to accomplish this ?
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