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On December 20, 2009, someone (who?) donated a beautiful HP DraftMaster I pen plotter (HP P/N 7595A). There's a Flickr set of [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lennyjpg/sets/72157622877308172/ somebody else's DraftMaster] for reference. Our plotter: * appears to be in good physical condition * comes with a pen carousel * comes with one pen holder (holding a #2 pencil, nach) * has a DB-25 that probably wants to speak HP-GL over RS-232 spit something out to it: dd if=/somefile of=/dev/ttyUSB0 bs=1 ==Carousel setup== [[Image:5763566793_8c8251d19f_o.jpg#file|plotter carousel pencap retracted|200px]] [[Image:5763999946 7604492d97 o.jpg#file|plotter carousel pencapped | 200px]] ==Documentation== * [http://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?hwdoc=81 Manuals and User Guides] and [http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=81 product info], from HP museum. HPGL Software: * [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape], a vector drawing program, can export HPGL. * [http://sk1project.org/modules.php?name=Products&product=uniconvertor Uniconvertor] may be able to output HPGL. * [http://www.gnu.org/software/hp2xx/ hp2xx], a hpgl to jpg converter for sanity checking. * [http://www.draftingsteals.com/catalog-plotters---plotter-supplies-plotter-pens-rapidoplot-disposable-6820-series-e-style-plotter-p.html draftingsteals.com] * [http://www.westnc.com/hp-plotter-pens.html wncsupply.com] Wikipedia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter Plotter], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPGL HPGL] Program that seems to work: <PRE> IN; SC0,40,0,40; SP7; PU0,0; PD100,0,100,100,0,100,0,0; PU50,50; CI25; </PRE> =Use It= Settings: * Your program needs to use DOS line endings (\r\n) * Serial is 9600 8N1 on the PC side, plugged into the COMPUTER/MODEM port via a null modem cable * SERIAL: ** DATAFLOW: REMOTE, STANDALONE ** PARITY: 1 ** BAUD: 9600 ** HARDWIRE: OFF Using Inkscape: * Load (or create) your vector graphic in Inkscape * Prepare the image for printing: * Scale the image (Inkscape mm units appear to work correctly) * Flip the image horizontally (for some reason, the plotter is printing it backwards) * Select 'save as', then 'HP Graphics Language'. * Open this file in a text editor, and copy the text * Paste the file into your terminal program, configured as above (CoolTerm in OS/X or Minicom in Linux) * Enjoy your plot! Example: [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cibomahto/5764101196/ Plotted Noisebridge Logo]] [[HPGL for NoiseBridge Logo]]
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