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  WinLINE Frequently Asked Questions

General

License Activation

Common Issues

Application Specific Questions

Serial Communications (for pen plotters and vinyl cutters that don't support other forms of communications)

Configuration Issues

Capabilities

General
  1. What hardware devices does WinLINE support?
  2. What versions of Windows does WinLINE support?

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License Activation

  1. How do I buy WinLINE licenses?
  2. How do I activate my WinLINE license?
  3. I entered the correct license credentials but I get the error message "License details incorrect." The license won't activate and I still see the watermark when I print. Why?
  4. How do I deactivate my WinLINE license?
  5. How do I move my WinLINE license to another computer?
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Common Issues
  1. Protection Fault Error accessing WinLINE Setup
  2. The drawing isn't in the right place on the sheet, or is truncated or missing parts. How do I configure the right Page Size, Orientation, and Paper Loading?

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Application Specific Questions

  1. What applications does WinLINE work with?
  2. I installed WinLINE but still get incorrect results with AutoCAD. What can I do?
  3. How do I configure AutoCAD LT to work with WinLINE?
  4. Why can't I get fills from EasyCAD?
  5. Why can't I plot to file from Visio?
  6. How can I plot mapping symbols from my GIS application on my plotter?
  7. Why can't I print from PaintBrush?
  8. When I plot from ERWin the entity boxes and connecting lines appear to be incorrectly positioned. How can I correct this problem?
  9. Why does Corel Draw Version 5 print text ok, but no standard geometry?
  10. Why does Corel Draw 6 print standard geometry ok, but no text?
  11. I am trying to print to a D size sheet from OrCAD Schematic Capture. The outside rectangle of the border prints correctly, but then all other ouput is squashed into the top left corner. How can I get correctly sized output?
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Serial Communications
  1. How do I configure my serial cable?
  2. How do I configure my system for serial communications?
  3. I am not getting any output from my pen plotter. What should I do?
  4. I can plot small drawings, but larger drawings start to fail with spurious lines after a few minutes. What is going wrong?

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Configuration Issues
  1. How do I get the colors on my screen to map to specific pen numbers on a pen plotter?
  2. How do I get the colors on my screen to be printed as specific colors on my raster output device?
  3. How do I configure WinLINE for pen plotters to use three black pens each of different width?
  4. How does WinLINE's AutoColor color association work?
  5. How do I increase the available plotting area on the sheet?
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Capabilities
  1. How can I draw overlapping shapes with my pen plotter?
  2. Can I draw bitmaps with my plotter?
  3. What about TrueType fonts?
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