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#USED ALLEN DATAGRAPH VINYL PLOTTER INSTALL#

# [ this is not really a copyright - ) Use and modify freely as you like, # (c) Kurt Pfeifle, Danka Deutschland GmbH Use the script below… CUPS Backend chmod +x /usr/lib/cups/backend/plot

#USED ALLEN DATAGRAPH VINYL PLOTTER INSTALL#

Install the following script as a printer.Wget gunzip hpgl-distiller-0.9.1.tar.gz tar xvf hpgl-distiller-0.9.1.tar cd hpgl-distiller-0.9.1 make & cp hpgl-distiller /usr/local/bin/ cd.

Download, unpack, compile, and install hpgl-distiller, version 0.9.1.

**Configure’ing with –prefix=/usr does not work. configure -without-libwmf make & make install cd. Wget gunzip pstoedit-3.50.tar.gz tar xvf pstoedit-3.50.tar cd pstoedit-3.50.

Download, unpack, compile, and install pstoedit, version 3.50.

Stty -F /dev/ttyS0 9600 cs8 -parenb cstopb chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0

Set the serial port communication protocol (baud=9600 data=8 parity=n stop=2), and give other processes permission to send data to the first serial port.

Start SSH, which will allow remote access.

Boot with the Knoppix LiveCD in the drive.

The school already has Adobe Illustrator, design software wasn’t needed, just a way to drive the cutter.

The goal for the plotter would be to enable the vector drawings students create to be output to a vector printer. Students taking the Intro Graphic Communications class learn the difference between Vector and Raster images using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This may be considered an investment for someone in the Sign Making industry, but it’s a huge cost for a school. The machine is a very capable vinyl cutter, but the software that came with it was Sign Making software that was written for Windows 3.11. Setting up Knoppix to be a print server for an HPGL based vinyl cutter/sign maker/plotter/_.Ī few years ago, my department inherited an Allen Datagraph Model 824 Vinyl Cutter.