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HP 7580b Plotter HPGL Question


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The school of Engineering recently donated an old Hewlett Packard 7580b print plotter. The plotter works but windows will not recognize it. I've manually installed it selecting the HPGL/2 driver. So my question is what language does my plotter use, HPGL or HPGL/2? What's the difference and will Windows XP running VectorWorks 10.1 be able to print files if I'm using an HPGL printer.

Thanks for your help,

Matt Rohner

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VW prints through the operating system and doesn't require any special drivers other than those needed for the OS.

Check HP's website to see if they have a driver available for the plotter and desired operating system.

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