Re: [Emc-users] Paraport output

2009-06-13 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/6/13 Kirk Wallace : > What is OHP? Overhead Projector. They still make the pens, even in these days of Powerpoint and Beamers. Nothing special, just the completely standard Staedtler Lumocolor Permanent. Word on the interweb is that red works best. I was lucky that my plotter came with a col

Re: [Emc-users] Paraport output

2009-06-13 Thread Kirk Wallace
On Sat, 2009-06-13 at 11:05 +0100, Andy Pugh wrote: ... snip > I have a flat-bed plotter myself, and I use it for making PCBs (using > OHP pens to directly write the etch-mask) What is OHP? If it is convenient, please provide a link to more information on your PCB process. > and also for a rapid

Re: [Emc-users] Paraport output

2009-06-13 Thread Andy Pugh
2009/6/13 : > > I have an older Graphtec Flat bed pen plotter that has it's own "language" > to accomplish many graphics tasks.  Is it possible to use EMC and it's > port connection to send simple text commands to this unit? I am sure it could be made to be possible, but I don't see what it would

[Emc-users] Paraport output

2009-06-12 Thread cmgfam
I have an older Graphtec Flat bed pen plotter that has it's own "language" to accomplish many graphics tasks. Is it possible to use EMC and it's port connection to send simple text commands to this unit? Seems like a simple 2 1/2 D application not G code however. HP-GL is an option, though the