Plot ends prematurely


Product		Print Console All 2.x versions All 3.x versions All 4.x versions, starting with 4.3

Symptoms		For a given plate size, the plot always ends prematurely very near the end of the plot.

Cause		Print Console signals the end of a plot with a 512-byte size of data (on the assumption that an image will never be that small). In rare circumstances, however, it is possible that when the SCSI driver breaks the image data into packets, there will be a remainder of 512 bytes, which will produce a false end-of-plot signal.

Solution		The temporary solution is to increase the width of the plate by 0.004 inches in Print Console. This causes TIFF Downloader to pad the image data for the “larger” plate size and change the number of bytes sent to the output device. A long-term solution is under development.

Technical contact(s)		Jose Delgado
Date submitted		19 July 2005