SPB 16.6 Allegro PCB plotting linux

 File - Plot - then click on the Setup button and browse for the PDF printer as you would for Word, Excel etc For color plotting use File - Plot setting and check the box for Color rather than Black and White....

Your answer is good only for windows!
Are you use linux? Have you ever seen Allegro PCB for linux? Linux box haven't Wor, Excell, etc. Microsoft doesn't produce any soft for linux.

 No I'm using Windows but the basics should be the same command wise but take a look at <your_install_dir>\doc\pcoms\pcoms.pdf for the actual plot command for linux and windows.

 Unfortunately plot command in Linux/Unix and in Windows is completely different. You can see in  <install_dir>/doc/pcoms/pcoms.pdf about plot command:

"The plot command on Windows runs the standard Windows Print dialog box.
On Unix, the plot command runs the Plot dialog box..."

Hello,

I used UNIX for a very long time and the process I went thru was to generate a Generic Postscript file from Allegro and use Adobe Distiller or Ghostscript to generate a PDF File.  I created a special .cdsplotinit with a Postscript printer defined and use it to save the Postscript file.

As far as color plot, you will need a stipples file to accomplish this as well.  You may need to tweak the stipple file provided with the software ($CDSROOT/share/pcb/text/plot/aplot_stipples) and make it your own.

To speed up the process, if you have a lot of PDF files to generate, I would just generate a bunch of Cadence Plot files (IPF) and run them thru Allegro Plot (allegro_plot) to generate the PS files, CAT them together into one file and run it thru Adobe Distiller to generate a PDF file.  The PDF Printer you installed may has the ability to convert Postscript files to PDF as well in case you don't have access to Adobe Distiller.

Back in the day I built all kinds of automation around this with some simple UNIX scripts to take care of the rest of the steps after the Cadence Plot files were generated.

Here is an example of the .cdsplotinit file:

Postscript_Printer|Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 4MV, PS: \
  :manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard: \
  :type=postscript2: \
  :resolution#600: \
  :maximumPages#30: \
  :paperSize="A" 4902 6402 99 99: \
  :paperSize="B" 6402 10002 99 99: \
  :paperSize="Legal" 4926 8202 90 90: \
  :paperSize="A4" 4758 6846 90 90: \
  :paperSize="A3" 6846 9720 90 90:

There may be another way using the defined Printer you have but I have never tried it myself as I got use to the process above.

Hope this helps,
Mike Catrambone