HP Pen Plotter

[kindergartenchats]

I use the same Roland Plotter Driver on all my HP Pen Plotters and they work Flawlessly
I'm using the Roland DXY980 plotter Driver in win 2k, XP and Vista
I have a Draftmaster Pen Plotter at the shop
a 7475A and a 7470 here in my Home Studio
and I have a 7550 out in my home shop I use to plot templates and such
All of them work flawlessly with this driver! I'm also using Autocad 2002
I think the 7586B is an HPGLII Plotter so the stock windows HPGLII driver will work ! but some things to remember

Hi Rickard5, I know this is an old post but I was wondering - could ask you a couple questions regarding pen plotters? I am interested in using an HP7475A pen plotter with Autocad 2006 & Windows XP. Would you happen to know if the Roland driver you mention will work with this software? Also, do you know what model of pen the 7475A uses - and do you have any additional info on how to make a refillable pen for this plotter? Many thanks!

[Gabriel]

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Gabriel Borduas

[hansatle]

I am new user of this forum, and wonder if someone has experiens how I get my old plotter to work with Autocad 2006. I have the driver for the plotter.
Looking forward to get help.
Best regards
Hans
from the coold scandinawien.

[casella]

***hallo Hans.
it's not very clear what you are looking for.
can you explain better?

www.plotterdriver.it

[hansatle]

I tried to get my penplotter Graphtec GP9101 to work with Autocad2006.

[kindergartenchats]

I tried to get my penplotter Graphtec GP9101 to work with Autocad2006.

Not the best news – but I after many hours of fiddling - I wasn't able to get my HP7475A pen plotter to work with Autocad 2006 - running on Windows XP.

I tried just about every driver out there (including the Roland diver) along with using the requisite HP Null Modem Cable.

The plotter would start-up, shake the pens and then start its run but it would then stop in the middle of the plot - even with the simplest of drawings (like a circle inside a square) and no text.

I hope you have better luck!

[ReMark]

And you are surprised because?

When was this plotter manufactured? Wasn't that somewhere around 1984 or 1985? Seems I recall using one at an engineering office I worked at. 6 pen carousel right?

Lets see, 1984 that predates MS Windows by about 6 years. That means we're talking the good old MS DOS days. Versions 2.11, 3.0 and 3.1 all came out in 1984.

I think you got your money's worth out of the plotter. Time to upgrade don't you think? We now have laser and inkjet plotters.

[kindergartenchats]

And you are surprised because?

When was this plotter manufactured? Wasn't that somewhere around 1984 or 1985? Seems I recall using one at an engineering office I worked at. 6 pen carousel right?

Lets see, 1984 that predates MS Windows by about 6 years. That means we're talking the good old MS DOS days. Versions 2.11, 3.0 and 3.1 all came out in 1984.

I think you got your money's worth out of the plotter. Time to upgrade don't you think? We now have laser and inkjet plotters.

Not so much surprised as disappointed. This was an experiment based on reading that other owners have gotten them to work.

We use an HP Designjet for our large format plotting.

The pen plotter was more an idea of creating technical pen on mylar presentation drawings - the quality of this type of plot can't be matched by an inkjet or laser printer.

[ReMark]

Time to dust off the old drafting board then along with your set of Koh-i-noor technical pens.

The technology was meant to be obsolete within five years. Be grateful you got it to last as long as you did. Companies like Microsoft, HP and AutoDesk don't expect versions of their products to last or to be used as long as such things as cars, TVs and washing machines. Even the timelines for "support" have been shortened.

What did that plotter cost new anyway?

We have a HP DesignJet 500 we bought new in 2002 for $2590 that we keep hoping will last another three years. HP will sell us parts but the prices are through the roof. Replace two major parts and we might as well buy a brand new plotter!

[hansatle]

Hi. I have heard that it will be ok with autocad 2000. Why should I buy a new??? The plotter is ok. It is the software the problem are.
I try further.
Hans