At 11:55 AM 6/23/03 -0700, Bob Barr wrote:

>What CAD software/printer combination do you use? I've found that my
>HP6 expands all of the vertical printing by a few percent. It prints
>horizontal stuff at exactly 1:1 scale. I haven't yet found a way
>around that problem.

Try using PrintGL to send your HPGL plotter files to the printer.  Both X &
Y calibration factors are independently adjustable.

The author is Cary Ravitz and you can download the files from his website
at <http://www.concentric.net/~ravitz/> . Do note that although this is
shareware, the downloads are not crippled in any way.  Cary simply relies
upon the honesty of his clients.

I've been using PrintGL for more years than I care to think about (the
registration fee was US $20.00 back then) and it just plain works.

Caveats: your CAD package must be able to generate HPGL files at what it
thinks is a 1:1 ratio (not automatically scaled to paper size).

dwayne

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