[PLUG] HP plotter

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Wed Jan 15 23:12:19 UTC 2020


These things print from hp-gl2 plotter language. That should still work
fine on Linux as well as parallel ports.

This is one of the areas where free/openSource shines.

Tomas

On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 15:49 John Meissen <john at meissen.org> wrote:

> My neighbor, who ran a home-based engineering business for many years,
> has an HP Designjet 450C printer/plotter that needs  to go away. I
> thought I would check with the list to see if there's anyone who would
> be interested in it.
>
> The good:
> - it's a large-format printer/plotter, supporting up to E-size prints.
>   - it worked fine the last time it was turned on.
>   - it comes with spare ink cartridges still sealed in the original
> packaging.
>   - it's free
>
> The not-so-good:
> - It's probably been over 15 years since it was last turned on. The ink
> that's installed is certainly dried up. HP cartridges embed the print
> head in the cartridge, but there's no guarantee the spares are still good.
> - It's doubtful that Windows 10 includes drivers. I honestly don't know
> about Win7 - I think the last time it was used we were still on XP.
> Supposedly there's a "universal HP driver" for Win10 that works, but ...
>
> https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/DesignJet-Large-Format-Printers-and-Digital-Press/HP-DesignJet-450C-with-DesignJet-430-64-bit-driver-will-it/m-p/6636541/highlight/true#M20670
> - It uses a Centronics printer interface; most recent motherboards don't
> bother with this anymore, but add-on cards are available.
> - new ink cartridges can be difficult to find.
> - It's big.
>
> The rest:
> - It should fit in my minivan, so I can help move it to anywhere in the
> Portland metro area.
> - I think there's support in CUPS, through 'gutenprint'
>
> If no one has any interest I'll see if Free Geek would like it. If they
> don't I'll drop it off at Far West Recycling in Hillsboro.
>
> john-
>
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