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minus-squareDavidGA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·2 years agoPlotters are awesome. Like a printer, but with pens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter
minus-squareScrof@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down4·edit-22 years agoOr knives! Or inkjets! There are all kinds of bastards, I used to work with the knife variety (huge Roland thingamabobs) and also sell them.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWait shit I just use one as a printer for bigass drawings. I didn’t realize it used a pen
minus-squareamminadabz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoMost modern “plotters” are just bigass printers. The word used to only mean pen-based vector-drawing machines, but the overlapping use in architechture and engineering meant that as cheap inkjets supplanted the pen plotters they co-opted the name.
minus-squareJay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·2 years agoThanks, I’ve never dealt with that before. But from what I’ve read, a regular printer would still make more sense for such a task.
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Plotters are awesome.
Like a printer, but with pens.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plotter
Or knives! Or inkjets! There are all kinds of bastards, I used to work with the knife variety (huge Roland thingamabobs) and also sell them.
Wait shit I just use one as a printer for bigass drawings. I didn’t realize it used a pen
Most modern “plotters” are just bigass printers. The word used to only mean pen-based vector-drawing machines, but the overlapping use in architechture and engineering meant that as cheap inkjets supplanted the pen plotters they co-opted the name.
Thanks, I’ve never dealt with that before. But from what I’ve read, a regular printer would still make more sense for such a task.