Discussion
So. Plotters.
You know, those printers that hold a pen and follow an SVG?
Ten years ago I tried to convert a DIY laser cutting rig to do plotting and it didn't work out. I then tried one of the ones that draws on the wall with string and never could get it correctly tuned.
After all this time is there a lazy consumer solution? Does anyone use a plotter on the regular and love it?
My guess for the person who knows the most about plotters is
@smerp who programs self built plotter robots to draw art.
Though is currently on a developing a clock, so the example plotter art is back a ways in their history.
@futurebird yes and yes! I've built a large string polargraph (7x3m) and use an A3 AxiDraw for making holiday cards. #PlotterToot has lots of other people making cool art with their plotters.
@futurebird I completely forgot those existed, even though I used to see (but not use) one almost every day. Apparently they’ve been mostly replaced by wide format printers. I wonder if that’s the same thing students are using to print posters before heading to conferences.
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