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            <p class="para_item">In the File -&rarr; Plot dialog, turn on the Use Drawing Sheet Colors toggle. </p>
            <p class="para_item">This specifies that custom colors saved with individual drawing sheets should override the setting of the Colors option menu. That is, if you select the check box, and if you save custom colors for a drawing sheet, then the system uses custom colors in printing the sheet. If you don't save custom colors for a drawing sheet selected for plotting, then the setting of the Colors option menu determines the colors the system uses in printing the sheet.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">In the File -&rarr; Plot dialog, use the Drawing Sheet Colors buttons to delete or edit the saved palette, or to retrieve the saved palette for use in plotting other display images or drawing sheets.</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Colors recorded in the CGM file appear in printed output according to the capabilities of the printer and the printer options specified in the NX Print dialog. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The following option settings in the NX Print dialog control how colors recorded in the CGM file are used in producing printed output.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Printed output will not appear in color unless you set the Color option to Color/Grayscale. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">The background color will not appear in printed output unless you turn on option Print Background Color. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">You might be unable to see white geometry printed on white paper unless you turn on option Invert White Objects on White Background.</p>
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