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From: fiatlux@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (David Vangerov)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hooking up an HP 7585B plotter to a Mac
Keywords: plotter, mac, software, drivers
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Date: 20 May 88 03:20:19 GMT
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Reply-To: fiatlux@ucscc.UCSC.EDU (David Vangerov)
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I'm told that this is possible, but I haven't been able to find
out how to do this.

We have an HP 7585B plotter (otherwise known as a Big-Bertha
plotter) in the lab that I work. In this same lab we also have a
bunch of micro-computers (IBM's and Mac's). We have had no
trouble hooking up the IBM's to the plotter. What I want to do is
hookup the Macs (or at least one of them, probably the Mac II) to
the plotter as well. Now I know that this can be done since I've
seen it be done and heard of it as well. What I want to know is
how do I do this? According to HP they don't have a generic
driver for the plotter and that software you use should come with
a driver for it. So what I really want to know is what software
packages out there support a plotter, specifically the HP 7585B.
I want some software like MacDraw or MacDraft (or something along
those lines). 

Mail me your replies and I'll summarize for the net if there is
enough interest in this...

Thanks a bunch...


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