Comparison between Windows drivers and Allplan vector drivers

Using Windows drivers and Allplan vector drivers

Notes:

• You are advised to use Windows drivers as Allplan vector drivers are not developed any further and will no longer be available in future versions of Allplan.
• The following notes also apply to print files of the HPGL/2 monochrome and HPGL/2 color format, which are output using the Export HPGL File, Bitmap File tool.

  	Windows drivers	Allplan vector drivers
  Driver updates	Always up-to-date as driver updates are provided by the manufacturer and/or Microsoft. In some cases, drivers may not exist for old devices.	The current program version provides two vector drivers for HP Designjets.
  TrueType fonts	TrueType fonts print filled and appear smooth.	TrueType fonts print filled; the outline is polygonized. Thus, large round letters may look a little bit angular. The new formatting options provided by the text editor (Bold, Italics and Underline) are not supported.
  OLE objects	OLE objects print correctly.	Only the outlines of OLE objects are printed.
  Bitmap areas	Bitmap areas print correctly (up to a certain size). Determining the memory allocation of a bitmap	Bitmap areas are not printed.
  Fills with gradients	Fills with gradients print correctly.	Fills with gradients are not printed.
  Fills with transparency	Fills with transparency only print correctly with certain drivers and/or settings.	Fills with transparency are printed in a non-transparent manner.
  Speed	May be slower sometimes due to larger volume of data (use Allplan raster drivers instead)	Fast as the volume of data generated is small.
  Paper consumption	Not optimized as the paper is always cut in accordance with the size of the page or printable area.	Optimized as the paper is always cut in accordance with the size of the layout.
  Support	Hardly any assistance from Technical Support	Assistance from Technical Support
  Control via hardware palette (pen assignment)	Not possible	Possible
  Printing in batch mode with different paper sizes	Possible You can specify whether the format currently set or the format saved with the layout is used.	Possible
  Command scope	High - customization for each output device possible. Depending on the ‘intelligence’ of the driver. For example, print quality (and thus material consumption) can be controlled.	Minimal - only contains the standard command scope. No special settings possible (e.g. quality, color update, specific paper feed)