[comp.periphs] HPGL pen sorter package wanted for Sun, PC

pooh@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant) (12/10/87)

I'm looking for a software package to sort out different
pens or pen colors in HPGL.  It should run on a Sun 3
and/or IBM PC. (In other words, it should massage the
code to group all the pens of one color together and
save plotting time.)


Thanks,
Pooh
      pooh@oddjob.uchicago.edu

"I have no coin, and I must flip."

rjn@hpfcmp.HP.COM (Bob Niland) (12/11/87)

re: "I'm looking for a software package to sort out different pens or pen
     colors in HPGL."

You didn't mention the make and model of plotter.  Before investing a lot of
time and energy in host software for the task, be sure to make sure that the
plotter itself does not do pen sorting.

For example, the HP 7570A DraftPro and 7595/96A DraftMaster plotters perform
pen sorting on-board.  I presume that other HP-GL clone plotters may offer
it.  It's even possible that your plotter vendor offers it as a firmware
upgrade to an existing non-sorting plotter (HP does not).

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