Raster Format

Definition

Raster format is a bitmap image format generating images made up of pixels arranged in lines and columns (this grid of pixels being referred to as a bitmap). Files in raster format are files with the extension .bmp, .tiff, .gif, .jpeg, etc.

About the Raster 3D PLM Printer

The Raster 3D PLM Printer is very basic regarding line ends: if the line angle is below 45 degrees, the line end is vertical, otherwise it is horizontal. This printer does not support perpendicular line ends, or options such as Round, Square or Flat available in the Various tab of the Options dialog box.
For instance, when saving a CATDrawing in TIFF format (through File > Save As...), the line end is not perpendicular to the line direction as this is the case when printing on a Windows printer.

This behavior is the same as a graphics card's behavior you can see on screen in a V5 document window.

A Windows plotter driver is often more precise regarding line ends.

However, if you need to use a 3D PLM printer, you can save your file in PDF format. This way, you will use a 3D PLM PDF Printer and the generated file will open in Acrobat Reader.

About HPGL2/RTL

Only the following HPGL2/RTL orders are supported for raster images:

Escape Sequence	Command Name
Esc*r#s	Raster width
Esc*r#t	Raster height
Esc*b#m	Compression mode
Esc*t#h	Destination raster width
Esc*t#v	Destination raster height
Esc*t#r	Graphic resolution
Esc*v#w	Configure image data
Esc*b#w	Data by row/block