On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 17:07:09 -0600, Dwayne Reid wrote:

>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).
>

Thanks, Dwayne. I'll check it out. It appears that it may not be the
printer after all.

Regards, Bob

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