Post by thread:Way [OT] HPGL driver for Win NT 4.0

Sorry for the OT post, but you all are the best resource I know of for practically any question. Does anyone know if there is an HPGL driver available (ANYWHERE) for Windows NT 4.0. NT includes an HPGL/2 driver, but I don't know if it will work. I am thinking about buying a used HP 7580B plotter, but if I can't find the proper driver for it I won't buy it. I am using Turbocad 2D v6.0 (the free version) for my drawings. The only driver I have found is from a company called WinLine and they want $200 for the NT 4.0 driver (which is more than the price of the plotter!!). HELP! Adam ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: dl.http://www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

At 02:09 AM 9/9/99 , Adam D. Bryant wrote: >Sorry for the OT post, but you all are the best resource I know of for >practically any question. > >Does anyone know if there is an HPGL driver available (ANYWHERE) for >Windows NT 4.0. NT includes an HPGL/2 driver, but I don't know if it >will work. > Hello, Try TMS at http://www.tms-plotters.com/ Look through their pages for drivers. The one I am looking at is for my Houston Instruments pen plotter for $25. Brian ******************************************** Better Produce through Better Control ********************************************

Adam D. Bryant wrote: > > Sorry for the OT post, but you all are the best resource I know of for > practically any question. > > Does anyone know if there is an HPGL driver available (ANYWHERE) for > Windows NT 4.0. NT includes an HPGL/2 driver, but I don't know if it > will work. > > I am thinking about buying a used HP 7580B plotter, but if I can't find > the proper driver for it I won't buy it. I am using Turbocad 2D v6.0 > (the free version) for my drawings. > > The only driver I have found is from a company called WinLine and they > want $200 for the NT 4.0 driver (which is more than the price of the > plotter!!). > > HELP! Here's what I remember, which you should confirm from HP: HPGL/2 is simply the rev of HPGL, which happened, if my foggy memory is correct, in 1986. So your plotter probably will work on the HPGL/2 driver. I'll bet dollars to donuts an HP 7580B can be driven by TurboCAD -- Anniepoo Need loco motors? http://www.idiom.com/~anniepoo/depot/motors.html