Computer plotters are a type of output device commonly used for computer-aided design applications, to output large vector designs such as architectural blueprints. By moving a pen mechanically, ...

One way to look at FDM 3D printers is as machines that turn filament into three-dimensional objects, but at their core they are much more versatile than that. Since they can move just about any tool ...

I do photography as a hobby/slight money maker, and was wondering if you could even get a plotter to be recognized in say, PhotoShop, what the look would be if you tried to print out a photograph on ...

Promotion: technology brand HP has expanded its DesignJet plotter printer series with the addition of three 36-inch models suitable for office or home use. Following the sleek style of the brand's ...

A type of pen plotter that wraps the paper around a drum with a pin feed attachment. The drum turns to produce one direction of the plot, and the pens move to provide the other. The plotter was the ...

The need for fast color hardcopy is often the primary justification for electrostatic plotters. The need for fast color hardcopy is often the primary justification for electrostatic plotters.

This center pivot pen plotter is an interesting take on the idea, and manages to somewhat simplify the fabrication when compared to a gantry-style built. Normally we’d see a gantry that travels on two ...

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