Thread: large format plotters - advice please
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Old 10-09-2008, 10:55   #14
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Re: large format plotters - advice please
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Originally Posted by altis View Post
If it's not too much hassle, I'd experiment getting a file in HP GL/2 (or HP RTL or HP GL) format instead. The client's software will probably be able to generate these easily. Then, to print it, simply COPY the file to the printer port.

I'd hazard a guess that file will be a damn sight smaller in one of these plotter formats. And, since the plotter will understand the file directly, the PC won't have to do any rendering - which, given the size of the plot area, will take an awful lot of RAM.
Google shows me a few PDF to HPGL converters available. Do you have any experience of these?

If it's possible to do the conversion 'in-house' rather than ask my customer's clients to change their format I'd prefer to go that route first.
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