When i started 2 years ago i also thought this would be the case, but actually it doesn't seems to be.
there where two or three cases where the plotter had some special stuff to consider (dip switches, special commands), but all the others simply worked once the serial connection was set up correctly.
nearly all plotters use the same subset of commands, and i only encountered one manufacturer who deviated from that, which was KNK.
so from my experience it is not a problem at all.
I dont want to show documentation for a specific plotter (normally you can find the manual online), but rather give general tipps how to debug/fix the connection to the plotter and other typical points of failure.
regards, TimeWaster
On 19.8.2014 07:57, Brynn wrote:
But there are so very many different types of those computerized cutters, plotters, etc. out there. I don't think you could hope to show info on all of them....much less keep it current, with all their future upgrades, etc.
And as soon as you show good documentation for 1 type of machine, won't there be requests for more and more?
Shouldn't owners of those machines consult the machine's documentation, rather than Inkscape documentation?
Just a couple of thoughts from a newbie :-)
From: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...400...> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 12:09 PM To: <sebi@...2963...> Cc: "Inkscape Devel Mailingliste" inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] splitting FAQ in 2
On Mon, 2014-08-18 at 11:54 +0200, TimeWaster wrote:
maybe someone can give me write access and i'll start writing right away. could maybe a new section for cutters/plotters/(cnc mills) be useful?
It might be good to have a page for that on the website. Let me know when you've created a user account for yourself and I'll add the editing permissions for you.
Martin,
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