RePlot: Batch print HPGL/2 (plt), DWF, TIFF, and PDF files independant of AutoCAD

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Version 1.9.9 -April 5, 2009

Now supports Design Review 2011 .

Version 1.9.8 - September 24, 2009

Fixed licensing issue with Vista UAC.

Version 1.9.7 - August 28, 2009

New, more reliable, licensing system.
There will be no charge to upgrade to the latest version of RePlot, however you will need a new Activation Code if you decide to upgrade. Please contact support@cadfx.com to request your new code.

Version 1.9.6 - Limited release

PDF rotated at 270 did not print at right size with auto orientation
Fixed issue where RePlot could cCrash during close
Plot size warning dialog did not honor metric conversions
Works with the latest version of Design Review 9.1
Added the ability to change the directory replot is showing thru a command line parameter

Version 1.9.5 - April 24, 2008

Now compatible with Design Review 2009

Version 1.9.4 - March 11, 2008

Now capable of printing to post script printers.
Fixed a problem where the "Show Printer Preferences" dialog did nothing.

Version 1.9.3 - July 10, 2007

No longer treats files as one print group by default.

Version 1.9.2 - June 18, 2007

Fixed a problem where PDF files would not rotate properly for all pages.

Version 1.9.1 - May 24, 2007

Fixed a problem where some dialogs were not drawn correctly on the screen.

Version 1.9.0 - May 1, 2007

The default printer no longer changes when printing.
Selection of page size and media now work better.
DWF Viewer 7.0, 7.2, and Design Review 2008 are now supported.
Unresponsive printers no longer lock up printer status screen.

Version 1.8.5 - September 13, 2006

FIXED: Viewer would not display currently selected file when opening and closing viewer window.
FIXED: Direct printing records a separate entry for each file printed when using more than 1 copy.
ADDED: Support for DWF Viewer 7.0.

Version 1.8.4 - May 10, 2006

FIXED: Background color of text in DWF file would print as black.
FIXED: Prints of certain PLT area fills weren't very dark.
ADDED: Support for hatchesin PLT files.
FIXED: Differing size pages in a PDF file would not print-to-fit.

Version 1.8.3 - February, 2006

FIXED: TIFF files that needed to be "clipped" were not centered when printed.
FIXED: RePlot did not work wth DWF viewer 6.5

Version 1.8.2 - January 9, 2006

FIXED: A color chart in PDF format from a customer would fail when plotting
FIXED: Background text would not appear in rectangular banners
FIXED: GPF when loading a list file.
FIXED: Plot fidelity issue for HPGL/2 files with embedded images sent to large sheet sizes
ADDED: File "filter" box for filtering file name extensions
ADDED: Monochrome setting for faster printing of monochrome PDF files
ADDED: Tool tip for displaying file attributes such as date and file size.

Version 1.8.1 - August 19, 2005

Fixes a problem with Metric DWF files.

Version 1.8.0 - July 29, 2005

A Spanish language version of RePlot is now available.
Viewing and printing performance improvements for PDF, HPGL/2, and DWF files.
PDF files can now be print-to-fit to sheet sizes that are larger than the document size of the file.
"Previous File" and "Next File" buttons have been added to the RePlot viewer for easier browsing of files.
Fixed a problem with multi-page HPGL/2 files not printing all of the pages.
RePlot now works with Autodesk's DWF Viewer 5.1 or 6.0. It is also no longer dependent on the English version of DWF Viewer.

Version 1.7.6 - March 21, 2005

Fixed a TIFF printing error introduced in v. 1.7.4

Version 1.7.5 - March 18, 2005

Fixed a problem with single page DWF files introduced in v. 1.7.4

Version 1.7.4 - March 16, 2005

Improvements

Added dialog to warn users if document size exceeds printable area.
Greatly improved printing speed on original size TIFF image printing.
Lines merge is now fully supported for PDF files.
Better sort / re-order mechanism for plotting queue.

Fixes

Multi-page DWF's now load/display/print correctly.
Pictures embedded in HPGL/2 files did not come out on some Windows system printers. This has been fixed.
TIFF inversion now works correctly.
Sort by document size is now working properly.
TIFF image rotation is now working properly.

Version 1.7.3 - December 9, 2004

Fixed a problem which could cause some HPGL/2 files to print "grainy."

Version 1.7.2 - November 10, 2004

Fixed a bug with the number of copies sent when printing directly to printers.
Now includes Autodesk's DWF Viewer 5
Greatly enhanced PDF printing speed

Version 1.7.1 - September 24, 2004

Fixed a bug which could cause RePlot to exit when certain printers were selected in the Print dialog.

Version 1.7.0 - September 21, 2004

Added the ability to select the paper source for a printer.
QuickPrints now allow you to select which printer to print to.
Using the ESC key will quit RePlot.
Fixed some transparency problems with the HPGL/2 viewer.
Added option to display Printer Preferences before printing.
Added ability to read zipped plt files.
Fixed a problem that would cause RePlot to exit when view PDF files for the first time.

Version 1.6.2 - June 30, 2004

Fixed a problem where certain PDF files could cause RePlot to crash.
Clicking off of the right-click menu for sorting caused the sort to become custom.
DWF files did not show the correct background color.
Custom sort did not include the reverse option.
Launching RePlot with a filename did not add to the right-hand list.
Fixed problem where GUI would stop responding while the printer status's are refreshed.
Added ability to Drag-Drop from middle-list to right-hand list.
Added ability to zoom in PDF files.

Version 1.6.1 - May 10, 2004

Fixes a rotation problem with PDF printing.

Version 1.6.0 - April 29, 2004

Bug fixes

HPGL/2 Viewer did not show multi-page files.
PDF prints ignored landscape setting
Selecting a history item may not go to the selected directory

Improvements

You can now Drag-n-Drop to set the printing order
Way to do copies without reprocessing files for various formats
New "Auto Orientation" option for orienting prints
Improved sorting options
Support for new HPGL/2 file viewer
Ability to Drag-n-Drop from left file list to right file list.

Version 1.5.2 - April 14, 2004

Fixed a problem where the main RePlot window or the file viewer was displayed off screen.

Version 1.5.1 - March 26, 2004

New option allows DWF files to be clipped to one sheet of paper, or tiled across many sheets of paper.
Fixed a problem where DWF files without plot information did not show the page size in the file list.

Version 1.5.0 - March 25, 2004

Greatly enhanced PDF support! No longer requires Acrobat Reader to be installed.
Now supports Autodesk's DWF Viewer 4.1
New feature that displays printer status and number of jobs in the print queue.
Fixed a problem where setting the number of copies could multiply the number of prints.

Version 1.2.4 - February 27, 2004

Fixes a problem with RePlot connecting to Plot Minder

Version 1.2.3 - September 23, 2003

Fixes problem on older DWF files that include extra border
Disables automatically picking page size for DWF's when Print to Fit is selected.
Fixes crash on DWF's when trying to find Page Count on some plotters
Printing directly to port for .plt files is now working correctly.

Version 1.2.2 - September 4, 2003

Fixes a problem when NOT using the plot tracking feature.

Version 1.2.1 - September 3, 2003

Fixed a problem that would produce an error when printing certain DWF 6 files.
Ability to create a new URL type that when clicked/launched, it runs RePlot with specific parameters that tells it to include that particular file in the batch.
Fixed a problem printing TIFF files directly to printers.
TIFF files were not responding correctly to the number of copies.
New file extensions added to the preferences now immediately appear

Version 1.2.0 - June 25, 2003

Fixed a problem printing TIFF files to large format printers.
Improved TIFF resizing when scaling up images.
PLT Files in the printer queue showed only "HPGL/2 File." This has been changed to display the full name.
Added ability to sort / change print order of files by right-clicking.
Added ability to collate prints.
Includes latest version of Autodesk's Express Viewer.
Now remembers Portrait/Landscape and Scale settings between sessions.
Fixed problem where it RePlot was not recording multi-page PDF or TIFF files.

Version 1.1.6 - May 15, 2003

Added "Quick Print" button for .dwf and .plt files. This feature lets you print-to-fit for the area you are zoomed into.
Can now add other plot formats for direct printing to printers and plotter that handle the format natively. (Note: These unsupported formats can not be scaled for printing nor can they be tracked using Plot Minder.)
Added support for older DWF files where no document size information is stored. If this is the case, these files can be printed to fit, but not scaled for printing (i.e. original, half, quarter, custom).
Added option in preferences to display units in either Imperial or Metric
Added option in preferences to manually specify DPI settings for TIFF files where the DPI cannot be determined

Version 1.1.4 - April 30, 2003

Newer tree control for navigating to files
Fixed a problem when DWF 5 files were rescaled for printing and part of the bottom was missing from the plot.
Now correctly records the width and height of DWF files print to fit when Plot Tracking was enabled. This requires that you update your Plot Minder installation to take advantage of this.

Version 1.1.2 - April 14, 2003

Support for TIFF files that have no dpi setting.
Support for drag-n-drop from Windows Explorer.

Version 1.1.1 - April 10, 2003

Removed Splash Screen from startup which could cause lockups in some environments.

Version 1.1.0 - April 8, 2003

Added ability to track your media usage back to Plot Minder to recover your plotting costs.
Fixes printing problem to some network print server configurations.
Added portrait and landscape printing options.

Version 1.0.8 - March 14, 2003