If part of your drawing is cut off (runs off the edge of the paper), you most likely need to re-center the drawing on the page by using the Draw > Center Paper (CE) routine.

If parts of your drawing are entirely missing, use the Edit Layers (EL) routine to ensure that all layers are visible. If specific colors (other than white) have not been printed, try plotting again and ensure that the Minimum Pen and Maximum Pen in the Printer Defaults dialog box are set to 1 and 15, respectively, even if your plotter only has 6 or 8 pens. These pen numbers refer to the internal numbering system, so if you give a maximum pen of 6, only entities drawn in the first 6 colors (red, olive, yellow, lime, green and teal) will be plotted.

If you are not using a color printer or plotter, ensure that the All Colors to Black check box is enabled in the Printer Defaults dialog box. If this doesn't work, you may need to set up your printer driver in the Windows Control Panel to set all colors to black.

If you are using a color inkjet printer or plotter, verify that it has not run out of an ink color. Note that pen 12 - White is not plotted, and some printers also will not print other colors such as pale blue. If you have used white (or another unprintable color) on your drawing, change all those objects to another color using the Hands-on Instructions in the manual.

If the proper colors are not printed as expected, you may need to alter the default color mapping. You will first need to determine which colors are causing a problem. First, begin a New Job (NJ) and use the File > Import > Drawing routine to import the PenTests.Drg drawing file. This file was installed when you installed "Sight" Survey version 2. It has sample text and lines in different colors and widths which, when printed or plotted, should help you determine if there is a color mapping problem between "Sight" Survey and your printer or plotter. Once you have determined if, and where, the mapping problem is, run the Plot Drawing routine and select the .Pen Mappings  button on the Printer Defaults dialog box to alter the default widths or colors. (If you enter a width, it will override the current line or arc width for lines or arcs which have a zero width.) You may also be able to change the pen colors in your plotter driver. This would be done by clicking on the .Setup  button in the Printers Setup dialog box which is accessed through the Windows Control Panel.

If you are plotting to a file, you must set the plotter port to file instead of COM1 in the Windows Control Panel Printer Setup. For some reason, if you only enable the Print to File check box within the plotting routine and the plotter is still configured for COM1, the plotter driver chops your drawing to the 8.5" x 11" letter size.