[time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux

[Max Robinson]

I could be wrong but it seems to me that the 7475 did support HPGL in ASCII 
form.  I used to use the older versions of AutoCAD which had built in 
drivers for it.  I've written a graphics program that outputs in HPGL.  I 
use Corel Photo Paint 8 to convert the files to almost any other graphics 
format.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Juges" <didier at cox.net>
To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux


> Well, it you are trying to use it as a Windows device, that's something
> else.
>
> I don't think it can hurt to try HPGL. I am not sure what language that
> plotter used, but I am sure it was not HPGL, it used a simple set of ASCII
> commands. It may have actually supported more than one language, but I 
> doubt
> it. It was a long time ago :-) A manual might help.
>
> I doubt that the 7550 would use the same commands, it is an inkjet 
> printer.
> If it has its own driver, that's probably because it does not support HPGL
> or any other type of standard language.
>
> Sorry I can't help...
>
> Didier KO4BB
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
>> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Gray
>> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 9:42 PM
>> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux
>>
>> I'm looking at the "Add Printer" dialog in WinXP right now. I
>> see "HP-GL/2 Plotter" and "HP 7550 Plus" listed. Shouldn't
>> one of those work?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Didier Juges" <didier at cox.net>
>> To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'"
>> <time-nuts at febo.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux
>>
>>
>> >I did write some QuickBasic code for that plotter a number
>> of years ago.
>> > I used it to plot data from an HP 8566 that was subjected
>> to calculations
>> > that were more easily done in a PC than on the instrument.
>> > I also plotted data from an HP network analyzer, forgot which.
>> > If I recall, the commands are simple and the plotter is
>> easy to control
>> > (if
>> > you write your own code).
>> > I am not aware of any drivers you can use with shrink-wrap
>> software, but I
>> > would be surprised if someone has not done that under Linux.
>> >
>> > Didier KO4BB
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com
>> >> [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf Of Eric Fort
>> >> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 8:57 PM
>> >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
>> >> Subject: [time-nuts] OT: Need HP 7475A Drivers for XP or Linux
>> >>
>> >> There seems to be a wealth of knowlege here about keeping
>> >> older HP hardware running.  Would anyone in this group have
>> >> experience using a 7475A plotter under XP or Linux to plot
>> >> test data or drawings.  I'd like to get mine running again.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Eric
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