On 23/11/06, YD <
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> --- Lez <lez.briddon@...> wrote:
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> > On 23/11/06, guja <guja2001bg@...> wrote:
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> > > kick your pc (+xp).
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> > > (= selftest chart was ok.)
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> > Lol yeah!
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> > Ok I have tried once again to output a file with
> > eagle (Set to hpgl)
> > and copy file to com1: but it went mad again.
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> > I did some googling, found signgo lite, says its for
> > cutting but hey
> > how does the plotter know.......
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> > So I set that up for hpgl, plotter tries to draw
> > something then goes mad.
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> > I set it for universal, and I have a cutout ouf a
> > cow........
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> > (yes that was my test image, it was the only ∗.wmf I
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> > pc to import, seems to not like bmp(?))
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> > Anyhow experimenting with this I have found that
> > xon/xoff has no
> > effect, rts/cts/ has no efffect, but if I unclick
> > dtr/dsr then then it
> > starts ok for a about 3 seconds then I get the error
> > led flashing.
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> May be a scaling problem. My long ago defunct plotter
> had a 1/10 mm step size. Unfortunately most software
> outputs in mils. So I ended up drawing IC's with 10 mm
> pin spacing rather than the expected 100 mils (2.54
> mm).
My CB software does gerber / dxf and has no hpgl support, so I am
outputting in bmp, converting to wmf, importing that into vinylcutting
software, it appears about the size of a postage stamp, I then stretch
it back to true size, and then tell it to 'cut'.......
Its really fun that way.......
The only problem I have it is the cutter software wont work if I tell
it I have an hpgl plotter, I have to tell it I have a 'universal'
plotter, if I set it to hpgl, the plotter just flashes its error
light.
What I need to test this 'problem' further to resolve it is some
∗free∗ software that has native HPGL output, and dont say eagle!
I really cant understand why 'diptrace' with I really have come to
love, does not support HPGL when is so 'standard'
I'm off to email them.......
Lez