Pen plotter drivers that will work with XP

[berkshire]

I have a Draft Pro Exl pen plotter that I would like to use on a windows xp system either with Acad 14, 2002 0r 2004, it used to work on my windows 98 system. However I need an updated driver to run it on XP.
I realise that most companies abandoned this type of plotter years ago, however maybe there is someone out there still using a pen plotter who would like to tell me where they got an updated driver or what they did to get an hgpl plotter to work with windows Xp.
Brian Evans.

 

[borgunit]

You can set up the plotter in AutoCAD to use an AutoCAD supplied driver and not the system driver. Use Plotter Manager and select My Computer settings for a local connected plotter or Network Plotter Server for a networked one. AutoCAD has a decent selection of plot drivers. Try some till one works.

"Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." — Will Rogers

 

[berkshire]

I found a Winline classic plotter driver, I have not tried it yet. Winline says it will work.
I had tried using the Autocad supplied driver for the HP plotter, and kept getting a hardclip error message. On a D sized sheet, that I knew, would work on the plotter. So I assumed that the xp system was messing it up. I will go back and play with this again, using several of the other drivers. If that does not work, I will come here and grovel again.
B.E.

 

[mallyg]

Have you tried Driverguide.com for a driver for your plotter.

 

[berkshire]

Yes I have, that is where I found the Winline driver.
Which I can buy for about a hundred dollars.
B.E.