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Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A nice trick: how to make Brother printers print files of HP-GL plotter commands. It may work with any PCL printer though.

https://scruss.com/blog/2025/04/09/plotter-stuff-on-that-brother-printer/

#hpgl #brother #plotter

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Bonkers
@bonkers@nerdculture.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@amoroso of all the ways of converting vectors to raster, someone picked the most inconvenient one :)
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Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@bonkers But quite simple.
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@bonkers@nerdculture.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@amoroso how often do you hand-edit the print data? :)
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Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@bonkers This is interesting for the hack value rather than practical applications.
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@bonkers@nerdculture.de replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago
@amoroso yes, that's why I added smileys. Sometimes it's fun to fiddle with the electronics.
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