Creating Land-Use Maps with an HP 7475A Plotter
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Creating Land-Use Maps with an HP 7475A Plotter
Creating Land-Use Maps with an HP 7475A Plotter
alex.nisnevich.com50points
5comments
#793of 2,155 in 2018
Top 37%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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Good writeup; pen plotters are fun and inspire generative art
From 1 comment
Great writeup! Much of my plotting experience is a similar journey of hooking a bunch of rando utilities and file formats together with python. Plotters are really fun and can…
beardicus on HN
Objections
Low-cost pen plotters under USD 700 seem scarce
From 1 comment
I used to work at the local theme park and often enjoyed looking at the plen-plotter produced maps of the ride construction diagrams and whatnot. Why aren't there any low cost…
Multicomp on HN
Questions
Why are there no low-cost pen plotters today?
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I used to work at the local theme park and often enjoyed looking at the plen-plotter produced maps of the ride construction diagrams and whatnot. Why aren't there any low cost…
Multicomp on HN
Alternatives named
Pen robots like AxiDraw and EleksDraw
From 1 comment
Maybe you don't need a "pen plotter", but rather a "pen robot". There are quite a few around in the 200-500 US$ range, I'll name a few only as an example to show you what I mean:…
jaclaz on HN
Rasterbator and packing tape for large prints
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If the bar for your 'good enough' is as low as my bar for good enough, a combination of https://rasterbator.net/ and packing tape works for me. I make something with that maybe…
lozaning on HN