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Correct. Pen plotters have been superseded by large-format inkjet plotters for the most part, and those, like the HP DesignJet, still accept HPGL as input. CA
by deepspace 5y ago
Correct. Pen plotters have been superseded by large-format inkjet plotters for the most part, and those, like the HP DesignJet, still accept HPGL as input.
CAD software stores objects in vector format, and it is much easier to write a vector output driver and leave the rasterization to the plotter, than to roll your own rasterizer.
- Doxin 5y agoNot to mention that rasterizing a blueprint-sized piece of vector image at 600dpi takes up quite some space. Leaving it to the printer to do the rasterizing means it only has to rasterize printhead-sized strips instead of the whole thing.