Plotter

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Plotter 
We may know about Plotter but you may not know that there are two types of Plotters. 
A plotter is a computerized machine which is much like a printer. The printer works using a pen, pencil, marker, or another writing tool to draw multiple, continuous lines onto paper. It  interprets commands from a computer to the printer for it to be printed. Plotters were the first type of printer that could print with color and render graphics and full-size engineering drawings. As a rule, plotters are much more expensive than printers. They are most frequently used for computer-aided engineering . 

This program instructs the plotter, in order, to take the first pen (SP1 = Select Pen 1), to go to coordinates X=500, Y=500 on the paper sheet (PA = Plot Absolute), to lower the pen against the paper (PD = Pen Down), to move 1000 units in the Y direction (thus drawing a vertical line - PR = Plot Relative), to lift the pen (PU = Pen Up) and finally to put it back in its stall.


Electrostatic plotters used a dry toner transfer process similar to that in many photocopiers. They were faster than pen plotters and were available in large formats, suitable for reproducing engineering drawings.

Electrostatic plotters were made in both flat-bed and drum types.

Electrostatic Plotter

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