22 Aug
2003
22 Aug
'03
7:33 a.m.
Joe wrote:
FWIW I used to have a HP 7550 serial plotter
connected to my PC. Windows
3.1 even had a printer driver for it. I could create text documents using
MS Word and even highlight areas in it IN VARIOUS COLORS and then "print"
it on the plotter. It was amazing to watch it write all the text. It would
even switch pens automaticly to write the various colors of text. You
couldn't use it for graphics with areas of solid colors but for line
drawings, including text, it was fine.
Yes, watching a plotter draw a complicated drawing with text etc would
be an interesting exhibition element.
-- hbp