Re: Laserprinter as plotter?

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From: akk2
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1987 17:21

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In article <1987May23.095455.4275@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> indra@gpu.utcs.toronto.EDU (Indra Laksono) writes:
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>HP laserjet II supports HPGL, does that mean it can pretend to be
>a plotter?
>

I don't think any of the HP LaserJet printers including the II support
HPGL.  There was a software package mentioned in one of the recent issues
of PC Magazine that allowed you to use the HP LaserJet II as a HP Plotter.
All it did was to trap the HP Plotter commands and translate into equivalent
HP LaserJet commands.

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