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WinLINE Plotter Model Selection Guide

WinLINE is the Windows plotter driver included with IntelliCAD 98. Its function is to map colors entity colors in IntelliCAD to line weights (or pen widths) at the output device. This document details the plotters currently supported by WinLINE.

WinLINE currently supports HP-GL and HP-GL/2 devices only.

HP-GL is Hewlett Packard’s first generation vector language. There are two main variants of HP-GL language:

• Center Origin - The Coordinate 0,0 is in the center

• Lower Left Origin - 0,0 is in the lower left corner

Large format (greater than 11"x17") HP-GL plotters generally use center origin.

Small format HP-GL plotters generally use lower left origin.

HP-GL implementations may vary significantly from plotter to plotter. In general, the two most closely adopted "standards" for HP-GL are:

• HP 7475A - Lower Left origin small format HP-GL

• HP 7585B - Center origin large format HP-GL

HP-GL/2 is Hewlett Packard’s second generation vector language. Unlike HP-GL, HP-GL/2 implementations are consistent (largely the same) from model to model.

Hewlett Packard’s third generation raster plotters also support HP-GL/2 language, but the implementations for electrostatic and inkjet plotters differ from pen plotters in that color requests can be synthesised by the device rather than matched to a pen. Examples of raster implementations are the HP 7600 series electrostatics and the HP DesignJets.

In general, "HP compatible" plotters should emulate one of the following most common HP models:

1. HP 7475A for Lower Left Origin small format HPGL

2. HP 7585B for Center Origin large format HPGL

3. HP DraftMaster MX Plus for HP-GL/2 pen plotters

4. HP DesignJet for raster plotters

5. HP LaserJet (HP-GL/2) for PCL 5 and higher

In practice, some HP-GL implementations do not support all of the HP-GL commands implemented by HP plotters (and WinLINE). For these plotters, WinLINE includes generic HP-GL language support in the following models:

• HP-GL Center
• HP-GL LLeft

Models Supported By WinLINE

• HP-GL Pen Plotters
• HP ColorPro (7440)
• HP 7470
• HP 7475A
• HP 7550A
• HP DraftPro (7570A)
• HP DraftPro DXL and EXL (7575A, 7576A)
• HP 7580A and B
• HP 7585A and B
• HP 7586B
• HP DraftMaster I and II (7595A, 7596A)
• IOLINE LP3700
• IOLINE LP4000

HP-GL/2 Pen Plotters

• HP 7550 Plus
• HP DraftMaster SX and SX+ (7595B, 7595C)
• HP DraftMaster RX and RX+ (7596B, 7596C)
• HP DraftMaster MX and MX+ (7599A, 7599B)
• HP DraftPro Plus (C3170A, C3171A)

PCL Printers (PCL 5 and higher)

• HP LaserJet (using HP-GL/2 language)

Electrostatic Plotters

• HP 7600 Model 240D and E, 250, 255, 355

Inkjet Plotters

• HP DesignJet, 200, 220, 230, 250C, 330C, 350C, 430, 450C, 455CA, 600, 650C, 750C, 755CM, 2000CP, 2500CP
• ENCAD CadJet II
• ENCAD NovaJet II, III, 4, Pro-36, Pro-50

Roland DG Plotters

• Roland DG DPX-2500, 2600, 2700, 3500, 3600, 3700, 4600, 4600A
• Roland DG DXY-1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, 1300, 1350,
• Roland DG GRX-300AG, 300AR, 310, 350, 400AG, 400AR, 410, 450
• Roland DG GSX-3000, 4000
• Roland DG LTX-120, 2121, 2141, 2341, 2441
• Roland DG LTX-320, 321 (ISO), 420, 420L, 140, 160
• Roland DG SketchMate (RP-11), (RP-12), (RP-21), (RP-22)
• Roland DG RSX-340, 440

Vinyl Cutters and Engravers

• Roland DG CAMM-1 PNC-900, 1000, 1000A, 1050, 1100, 1600, 1800, 1900
• Roland DG CAMM-2 PNC-2000, 2100, 2200

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