This stuff is readily available from West Allis BluePrint (414) 321-1422 and also via eBusiness with www.draftingsolutions.com where you can also buy the WinLINE Plotter driver for pen plotters in a Windows OS.
CaptBob, I have been through this with a H-P DraftProEXL, using ExpertCAD 2D & 3D and AutoTRASH 2000. Through the learning curve I came upon a piece of software titled "WinLINE". It will plot from all the windows O.S, (I'm using Win2K Pro) and most any CAD program you have, including...
I've made a cable according to both the User's Manual and HP website info. I does communicate with the plotter and some of the test plot features are plotted correctly, but not all features do so. I suspect the driver supplied with ExpertCAD is not complete or is inaccurate. With this in mind...
anyone have experience setting this configuration up and getting it to run? I've read all the manuals from the Plotter user's Guidde and the s/w's instructions. The cable seems to be o.k. I made it to the pin outs published in several. I need help!
Mark