Fedora 10 and plotters? - OT
Hi All; I'm a database consultant so I'm forever printing large database models onto 25 sheets of letter sized paper and taping them together - tiresome. I've found a used plotter, an HP DesignJet 750C - a 36" color plotter with automatic roll feed and cutter. I walked thru part of the cups add printer setup and the 750c is listed as an option in the printer list. I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience running an HP plotter via Linux, are there any gotcha's? do I have to tweak anything to tell the printer (and Linux) that I'm printing to 36" paper as opposed to 24"? Will the automatic roll feed and cutter just work? etc.. Thanks in advance... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Fedora 10 and plotters? - OT
> I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience running an HP plotter > via > Linux, are there any gotcha's? do I have to tweak anything to tell the > printer > (and Linux) that I'm printing to 36" paper as opposed to 24"? Will the > automatic roll feed and cutter just work? etc.. I run a vinyl cutter (same idea more interesting "pen") this way. You can sort of drive it via the print layer but I gave up doing so and use some scripts to take the HPGL from inkscape as I wanted more control. There are lots of gotchas with trying to get normal printing working - all the bitmaps vanish (naturally enough) and there are a lot of bitmaps lurking in some postscript output. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Fedora 10 and plotters? - OT
Kevin Kempter writes: > I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience running an HP > plotter via Linux, are there any gotcha's? do I have to tweak > anything to tell the printer (and Linux) that I'm printing to 36" > paper as opposed to 24"? Will the automatic roll feed and cutter > just work? etc.. I have a DesignJet 350C that I use from Linux (FC6), with a 36" roll feed. The only program I've found that understands "rolls" is the Gimp - you tell it you have a 36" roll and how much paper to use, and it fits the print in accordingly. Other programs, I pick "Arch E" for the paper size. The actual feed and cut is managed by my printer, not the computer, although I don't have an automatic cutter. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Fedora 10 and plotters? - OT
Kevin Kempter wrote: Hi All; I'm a database consultant so I'm forever printing large database models onto 25 sheets of letter sized paper and taping them together - tiresome. I've found a used plotter, an HP DesignJet 750C - a 36" color plotter with automatic roll feed and cutter. I walked thru part of the cups add printer setup and the 750c is listed as an option in the printer list. I'm wondering if anyone out there has any experience running an HP plotter via Linux, are there any gotcha's? do I have to tweak anything to tell the printer (and Linux) that I'm printing to 36" paper as opposed to 24"? Will the automatic roll feed and cutter just work? etc.. Thanks in advance... I have used a large format hp 1050c printer and it is classified as a plotter by some. It is used via cups as it is a different building. Maybe you can find a large format printer to meet your requirements. -- Robin Laing -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: Fedora 10 and plotters? - OT
Alan Cox writes: > There are lots of gotchas with trying to get normal printing working > - all the bitmaps vanish (naturally enough) and there are a lot of > bitmaps lurking in some postscript output. Just FYI, most (if not all) HP "DesignJet" series are in real life wide-format inkjet printers, not pen plotters. They're just called "plotters" because they have a plotter emulator (HPGL) in them, but they handle rasters just fine. The HP DesignJet 350C, for example, is a 300 DPI color / 600 DPI black inkjet that accepts up to 36"x48" (Arch E) sheets or 36" wide rolls. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
