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Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "AlienRelics" <alienrelics@...> wrote:
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leslie Schwartz" <lhs_emf@> wrote:
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> > Do you have any recommendations for a pen plotter machines?
> >
> > I have seen a lot of large and some small format pen plotters on ebay, for
> > which I think it would be hard to find drivers, even if they are
> > comparatively inexpensive.
>
> I think someone else mentioned that HP HPGL/GPGL drivers are still within Windows. Make sure it is actually a serial or parallel interface. Many HP plotters use a DB-25 which looks like it might be a serial connection, but it is a different interface who's name escapes me at the moment.
Are you thinking of SCSI? Sometimes that uses a DB-25 connector.