V8 -_Print macro destination... FAX?

For a friend, just looking into setting up a PDF print macro.

-_Print _Setup _Destination

Defaults to FAX!!! ??? Who faxes stuff these days?
OK, hit Printer, have to put in "Rhino PDF":

Bunch of other options to set, but not important now, end up back here:

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Hit Enter to “Go” - here’s what I get:

HUH???

Hit Cancel and get:


So much fun… :roll_eyes:

EDIT: in the WIP, at least the Fax doesn’t come up, Rhino PDF is correctly chosen as the printer in the Macro. However, the main problem I was trying to solve is that the OutputColor=DisplayColor is not accepted, the result in the PDF is always the object PRINT color. IIRC this is a bug that dates back to the stone age… Both of these bugs desperately need to be fixed in V8, as that is still the current version and will be for a year or so more… Correct PDF output with display color is needed for many things, in this case laser cutting.

EDIT II: OK, so now I figured out (I think) how to avoid the Fax coming up - and also that the wires are crossed somewhere…

The original macro I was using to test that caused the Fax to come up here in Windows V8:

! _-Print _Setup _Destination _Printer "Rhino PDF"
_OutputColor=_DisplayColor _OutputType=_Vector
_PageSize 700 400 _Enter
_View _Scale 1 _ViewportArea _Extents _Viewport "Top"
_Enter _Enter _Go

I realized that

_OutputColor=_DisplayColor _OutputType=_Vector

is accepted, but somehow confuses Rhino V8. If I change it to this:

_OutputColor _DisplayColor _OutputType _Vector

i.e. space (Enter) as assignment instead of =

Then I actually get Rhino PDF (in V8). V9 seems to accept it either way.

THEN, I figured out that if I changed

_OutputColor _DisplayColor _OutputType _Vector

to

_OutputColor _PrintColor _OutputType _Vector

I actually got the DISPLAY COLOR printing. And setting it to DisplayColor makes it print the PRINT COLOR.

So, some wires definitely crossed there!!! :astonished_face: