Steve, There is some confusion here, (and in the file conversion world) about HPGL which technically is a graphic language for the HP printers, and HP plotter files. Bob's technique works for plotters or PLT type files. I tried an HPGL dummy printer and none of my programs could view it.
Now that we have it worked out for plotters, let's try HPGL. ++ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Irick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Lelievre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sundial Mailing list Sundial <sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:10 PM Subject: Re: DXF to HP plotter conversions > Steve: > > I just finished (gave up) evaluating several hpgl viewers. I found none to > equal or even close to the quality of the hpgl... translator to PowerPnt, > Word, etc. The first time I view these in a program I check to make sure > that it dosen't automatically stretch to fill the frame, which causes > distortion. I use this routinely but, decided to check the viewers because > I sometimes get tired of chasing the Windows xxx changes. > > An overall solution (only if the program has the output of course) is CGM > (smart plotting), then it wouldn't matter what plotter or program. > > Email me the hpgl plot file and I'll run it through my process. > (when Bob mentioned 7585, I said; that mine too. I wiped the dust off of > the bat file and its 7580) > > I'll mention this just in case its related. There is one plotting > (printing to be correct) problem that I have and I haven't figured out the > cause. I have been going along fine for a long time with my 2D CAD and > Epson printer. Very good color, very sharp lines and pretty much orients > the picture as I see it. Then I loaded 98, several answering machine > programs, PS and Ill, digital camera prgms, etc. Every one of these put in > a sudo printer. Now I can't get a decent CAD print. I tried a new HP, it > wouldn't even load. A project for the rainy days. > > Steve I > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > At 11:42 AM 4/7/00 -0300, Steve Lelievre wrote: > >All, > > > >I too have tried Bob's method of diverting HPGL printout to a file. I then > >used an HPGL viewer to look at the resultant diagram.There's something odd > >which I don't understand: The original diagram uses several line width, the > >plot file lines all look the same. Also, the original diagram has neatly > >aligned Times New Roman text, in the HPGL plot it is not angled correctly > >and the font is wrong. > > > >Rather than loading your mailboxes with big attachments, I've posted screen > >snaps of the HPGL plot and the original DeltaCad drawing at > >http://www.glinx.com/~srgl/review > > > >(Ignore the differences in colours, I'm only worried about the shapes) > > > >Does anybody know why the differences occur? I though it might be a bug or > >other limitation of the viewer I was using, so I downloaded a second viewer. > >Both viewers give the same results. > > > >The newer viewer said the file is HPGL rather than HPGL2. Would that be a > >consequence of choosing HP 7585A as the printer type, or is the viewer > >wrong? > > > >Thanks, Steve > > > > > > >
