How can I quickly print a lot of different drawings? (solved)

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XX852
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How can I quickly print a lot of different drawings? (solved)

Post by XX852 » Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:44 pm

I have 30+ different drawings that need to be printed. Is there a fast way of printing all of these drawings?
As it is now, it is a slow process trying to print all these individually.

QCAD version: 3.27.6.0 (3.27.6)
OS: Windows 10
Last edited by XX852 on Mon Oct 10, 2022 7:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
For those who are curious, my username is the model number of the first blue-beam laser pointer I bought.

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Re: How can I quickly print a lot of different drawings?

Post by andrew » Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:49 pm

If you are comfortable with using a command line terminal, you could convert them to PDF using the dwg2pdf command line tool and then print those PDF files or even print them directly using dwg2pdf.

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dwg2pdf -printer -p A4 -auto-fit -auto-orientation myfile.dxf
You could easily wrap this in a for loop with a batch file for example to print all files in a directory.

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Re: How can I quickly print a lot of different drawings?

Post by XX852 » Mon Oct 10, 2022 7:24 pm

I will give that a try. In the meantime, I will make this topic as "Solved" until I hit a dead end and need to get help.
For those who are curious, my username is the model number of the first blue-beam laser pointer I bought.

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