Homebrew PCBs

you can find a command on the hp homepage i think which
you enter in the dos console (using the copy command), it draws a line i 
think.
with that you can test if the printer is still working....

look at hp.com support....


good luck, and tell us what you wish to do with the plotter, i have the 
same...

ST


On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:57:44 -0400, Jeremy Taylor <jt@...> wrote:

> I have to use the copy >com1 comand in a dos prompt to send my files to 
> the
> plotter, XP ha no hpgl driver, nor does HP make one. There is a decent
> driver available, for close to $400 but it seems to do is do a copy to 
> com1
> command behind the scenes. I have used eagles HPGL  it seems to work just
> fine (it's in the cam processor section), but more often than not, I tidy
> things up in Corel before creating the file.
> JT
>
> http://www.soundclick.com/jtsound
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jackafaz" <greeneaz@...>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 12:14 PM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] HPGL
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>> Hi,
>>     I use Eagle to generate my PCB artwork. I would like to try
>> plotting the output. I have an old HP7475. The documents for Eagle
>> say it will output HPGL but I can't seem to find a way to do so. Any
>> suggestions would be appreciated. It may be doing it automatically
>> when I select my HP7475 as the printer, if so maybe my plotter has
>> gone bad - haven't use it in a long time.
>>
>> Thanks - Jack
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