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Roland Plotter HPGL install guide for Mac
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MacOS

MANUAL for DXY-1350 and DXY-1150 http://emoc.org/materiel/plotter_roland_DXY-1200/UMDXY1350a.pdf

make sure you have xcode command line tools installed. xcode-select --install

Install pstoedit

Via Brew: brew install pstoedit

Download HPGL-Distiller

Install / Make:

  • tar zxvf hpgl-distiller-0.9.1.tar.gz
  • cd hpgl-distiller-0.9.1; make
  • make install

Install chiplotle

First install pip sudo easy_install pip==20.3.4 (only speicfy version if you are using python 2.7)

Via PIP: pip install Chiplotle

Process

For artwork, I ill often create something in Inkscape, Illustrator or 3D, export it as an .EPS file.

From here, you'll want to convert the EPS to HPGL:

pstoedit -f plot-hpgl src/input.eps dist/output.hpgl

Then you want to remove all the excess crap in the HPGL and optimise the pen route:

hpgl-distiller -i dist/output.hpgl -o dist/output-distilled.hpgl

Now use the optimised in Chiplotle:

$ chiplotle

>>> plotter.write_file('dist/output-distilled.hpgl')

The plotter will start drawing straight away.

select pen : SP1; set speed: VS40;

chiplotle handy commands:

  • plotter.margins.hard.draw_outline() draw outlines of drawable area:
  • plotter.select_pen(0) put pen back

Note: Worth adding a pick up pen command to the top of your HPGL incase there isn't one from your EPS

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