You should have DWG to PDF plotter in AutoCAD by default. This is very handy if you need to publish your drawing to PDF format, you don’t need to use separate PDF driver.
However, you may find it’s not available for some reason. The ‘plotter’ is a pc3 file stored in your PC. So if you delete it, then you will loose the plotter.
Creating a PC3 plotter
You can create PC3 plotter by accessing application menu (the big red A button)> Print> Manage Plotters.
It will open Windows Explorer and open the location where your plotters are stored. Double click Add-A-Plotter Wizard to run it.
You will see Add Plotter wizard. Choose my computer to create it on your machine, then click next.
Autocad Plotter Settings
Mar 08, 2013 The ‘plotter’ is a pc3 file stored in your PC. So if you delete it, then you will loose the plotter. Creating a PC3 plotter. You can create PC3 plotter by accessing application menu (the big red A button) Print Manage Plotters. It will open Windows Explorer and open the location where your plotters are stored. Beginning with the AutoCAD 2004, the default location of your plot style files has changed. For information about the default location of these files, see Locate Customized Files. Note In some operating systems, the folders that are located under your profile are hidden by default.
Cad Plotter
Sunix driver download. On the next page, you can choose Autodesk ePlot (PDF) as plotter manufacturer. Then choose DWG to PDF as model.
If a plotter is supported by AutoCAD, but not by Windows, you can use one of the HDI nonsystem printer drivers. You can also use a nonsystem driver to create PostScript, raster, or Design Web format (DWF) files and Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Click on the plus sign next to Printer Support File Path. The Printer Configuration Search Path stores the location where AutoCAD looks for PC3 files. Specify a network location for PC3 files here, and copy the desired PC3 files from a local computer's Plotters directory to this location.
Now you can click next and accept default values for the rest of this wizard. Click finish on the last page to finish creating plotter.
Now you should the DWG to PDF plotter.
Image plotters
I also use this wizard to create TIFF and TGA plotters to create high resolution images. Plotting drawings to JPEG is often not good enough. You can choose Raster File Formats as manufacturer to create those plotters.