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(@squinty-vernier)
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I know, I know...it's SOOO last decade! Does anyone have a winxp driver for this plotter?

It works well with C&G DOS, but gets wadded up when printing from autocad 2004 running on winxp. The one plot that did come off was mirrored and reduced, using the default winxp drivers.

I found an application called Winline that worked but @ $199?, I don't think so.

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 3:24 pm
(@charles-l-dowdell)
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Expensive, but will work with about any system including Win 7 and with a long list of printers & plotters. I didn't want to, but in order to get my 450C to work with Win 7, I had to put out the money. You can download a trial version to see if it will work before making a purchase.

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 3:44 pm
(@surveyor190)
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Try upgrading to what we use now. Carlson is the best software.

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 4:34 pm
(@beer-legs)
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Wow! I gave one of those away about 10 years ago. I forgot what drivers I used to get it to work with XP, but I did. Will this work?

That was an expensive and very good plotter when it came out. Do they still make pens for that thing?

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 5:39 pm
(@surveyor190)
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I'm surprised to see Dos mentioned. That went out 15 years ago(for the die hard.) 20 for the rest of us.

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 5:42 pm
(@beer-legs)
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Ah.... The good old days when you sent a drawing to plot and then waited 45 minutes for it to finish.... Sucked if a pen went dry.

Back in my college days it was even better. Submit a drawing for plot and pick it up in a different building the next day....

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 5:46 pm
(@squinty-vernier)
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Thanks for the link, but the output from the dos machine is fine. The winxp side is borked.

> That was an expensive and very good plotter when it came out. Do they still make pens for that thing?

Sure do!

Just trying to make do with what I have! I may have to hijack the old 250C from the main office. Good thing we don't throw anything out. Cutting edge...that's how I roll!

Rick

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 6:28 pm
(@beer-legs)
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Are your settings matching between plotter and computer? (baud rate, parity, etc.)

I can't remember what I used. Seems to me it was some HP/GL-2 language driver that made it work properly.

 
Posted : July 19, 2012 6:51 pm
 jaro
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> I'm surprised to see Dos mentioned. That went out 15 years ago(for the die hard.) 20 for the rest of us.

I have my Dos machine networked to my XP laptop and can copy files from the Dos prompt to a flash drive. Dos isn't dead yet.

James

 
Posted : July 20, 2012 4:39 am