Thank you guys. That was more than I expected. After I searched in HP website, I found thier latest HP DesignJet plotters do completely run from not only usual desktop Linux distributions, but also Android and iOS. Anyways, They told me in the office that they rarely print a huge map. If they needed to print a map, they take it to a nearby bookshop . The bookshop has plotters.
Regarding migration, I selected BricsCAD as an alternative to Autocad. BricsCAD is the best alternative on Linux , and also its license costs almost half the price. I just cannot understand what is stopping Autodesk , the creator of Autocad, from making a Linux version. On Saturday, March 14, 2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Saturday 14 March 2015 00:17:31 Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 13 March 2015 19:51:36 Ric Moore wrote: > > > On 03/13/2015 07:39 PM, Doug wrote: > > > > On 03/13/2015 04:49 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 11:35:34AM +0200, Rani Ahmed wrote: > > > >>> Hello mailing list! Which plotter printer would you recommend for > > > >>> construction engineers who will be using Linux? > > > >>> > > > >>> Such device is usually used to print big large huge maps. Of > > > >>> course the plotter must be compatible with Linux. > > > >>> > > > >>> And I am migrating a construction engineers office to Linux. > > > >>> > > > >>> I know HP plotter models have good reputation, and they are > > > >>> abundant in Beirut-Lebanon. > > > >> > > > >> HP large printer of some kind? HP do support Linux fairly well > > > >> > > > >> All the best, > > > >> > > > >> AndyC > > > > > > > > Another reason to buy the HP: if they are abundant, then inks should > > > > be abundantly available also. If you get something else, supplies > > > > might be difficult to come by in such an out-of-the-way area. > > > > Something to check out before you commit! > > > > > > My last HP printer was parked unlovingly by the local dumpster. Ric > > > > > For the SA based OP, > > I'm not sure where you mean by SA - South Africa? South America? - your > acronyms do make life difficult! - but the OP is in the Lebanon. (ME for > those that don't like long words. ;-) ) > > > for what he wants to do, there isn't anything that > > can replace a good Roland. One of my neighbors is in the sign & > > graphics arts business, and has a 60" wide Roland whose length limit is > > how much media is left on the spool. He also has 24", and 50" for > > smaller jobs. > > > > It can also cut thin laminates such as the lettering media where you send > > it the character, it cuts it out by cutting only the top, colored layer > > of a roll of media, and you lift and transplant it to the sign material. > > > > AIUI Roland doesn't sell them, but leases them, with excellent service as > > part of the lease. They are fully cognizant of the fact that a > > non-functioning machine makes a business non-functioning, so what they > > are selling is uptime, and they are very very good at it. > > > > I've no clue if they are equipt to supply that level of service in SA, > > but I'd certainly make the inquiry to find out. > > http://www.roland-lb.com/ > > Lisi > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > <javascript:;> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org <javascript:;> > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201503140042.00944.lisi.re...@gmail.com > >
