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by bman22
Tue Oct 05, 2010 5:56 am
Forum: Inkscape & Cutters/Plotters
Topic: InkCut Extension, send HPGL directly to cutter from Inkscape
Replies: 166
Views: 173947

Re: InkCut Extension, send HPGL directly to cutter from Inkscape

I don't think I am going to get the pySerial working with this plotter, but I managed to get it working using cat filename > /dev/ttyS1. Where can I modify the python script to execute that instead of the pySerial stuff? I tried changing the plot definition in device.py to use subprocess.call(["...
by bman22
Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:17 am
Forum: Inkscape & Cutters/Plotters
Topic: InkCut Extension, send HPGL directly to cutter from Inkscape
Replies: 166
Views: 173947

Re: InkCut Extension, send HPGL directly to cutter from Inkscape

I have an HP 7550A Graphics plotter that works quite well, and I have been trying to get it working with my linux machine and inkscape using InkCut. I got everything installed and all the options set right, but I am getting a communication error. The plotter does not like what InkCut is sending to i...
by bman22
Sat Sep 11, 2010 9:53 am
Forum: Discuss Software Issues
Topic: HPGL Exporter render issues
Replies: 1
Views: 1552

HPGL Exporter render issues

I recently came upon an HP 7550A Graphics Plotter. It uses the standard HPGL language, and I saw that Inkscape can save HPGL scripts. I drew a little test, and it exports fine, and with a little modification of the settings on the exporter, it plots fine, but when I use something in the Render menu,...

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