GMU:Algorithmic Art/HP 7475A: Difference between revisions

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If you want to work with the plotter, first check if the room is currently unoccupied. If you want to be sure that no one else is working with the plotter, make sure to send a message to the whole class, with the date and time that you intend to use the plotter (Email, Telegram, WhatsApp!?)

[https://www.uni-weimar.de/qisserver/rds?state=wplan&act=Raum&pool=Raum&show=plan&P.subc=plan&raum.rgid=2847 Class Schedule in M7 Room 204]

==='''Paper Setup'''===

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==='''Pen Setup'''===

To use your own pens with the plotter, you can simply extend your pen’s diameter, by wrapping some paper around it. This way it will fit the pen mount of the plotter. A better way would be to 3D print adaptors, that exactly fit the original HP pen measurements:

To use your own pens with the plotter, you can simply extend your pen’s diameter, by wrapping some paper around it. This way it will fit the pen mount of the plotter. A better way would be to 3D print adaptors, that exactly fit the original HP pen measurements:

[https://softsolder.com/2015/04/21/hp-7475a-plotter-oem-pen-body-model/ Original HP pen measurements and openSCAD code]

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==='''How to install the HPGL library in Processing:'''===

Sketch → Import Library… → Add Library… → search for: HPGLGraphics

Sketch → Import Library… → Add Library… → search for: HPGLGraphics → Install → restart Processing

→ Install → restart Processing

You can now open the examples of the library (File → Examples → Contributed Libraries → HPGLGraphics → …). Try the examples and adapt the code for your own sketches.

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 If you want to work with the plotter, first check if the room is currently unoccupied. If you want to be sure that no one else is working with the plotter, make sure to send a message to the whole class, with the date and time that you intend to use the plotter (Email, Telegram, WhatsApp!?)<br> <br>
 [https://www.uni-weimar.de/qisserver/rds?state=wplan&act=Raum&pool=Raum&show=plan&P.subc=plan&raum.rgid=2847 Class Schedule in M7 Room 204]
 ==='''Paper Setup'''===
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 ==='''Pen Setup'''===
-To use your own pens with the plotter, you can simply extend your pen’s diameter, by wrapping some paper around it. This way it will fit the pen mount of the plotter. A better way would be to 3D print adaptors, that exactly fit the original HP pen measurements:<br>
+To use your own pens with the plotter, you can simply extend your pen’s diameter, by wrapping some paper around it. This way it will fit the pen mount of the plotter. A better way would be to 3D print adaptors, that exactly fit the original HP pen measurements:<br><br>
 [https://softsolder.com/2015/04/21/hp-7475a-plotter-oem-pen-body-model/ Original HP pen measurements and openSCAD code]
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 ==='''How to install the HPGL library in Processing:'''===
-Sketch → Import Library… → Add Library… → search for: HPGLGraphics
+Sketch → Import Library… → Add Library… → search for: HPGLGraphics → Install → restart Processing
-→ Install → restart Processing
 You can now open the examples of the library (File → Examples → Contributed Libraries → HPGLGraphics → …). Try the examples and adapt the code for your own sketches.