Inkscape

plotter extension

Asked by A.L.B.

Hello,

I would know if is there any extension to cut or draw on a plotter directly from Inkscape.

What i'm doing now, I have to design my stickers, export to PNG archive, after I have to converse PNG archive to BMP archive, then going to Artcut software, import the BMP archive, redesign the sticker, and finally I try to plot.

Is there any solution?
I have already search a lot of guides, but I can't use Inkscape with my plotter.

Thanks in advance.

Luis.

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Hola,

me gustaría saber si hay alguna extensión para dibujar o cortar con un plotter directamente desde Inkscape.

Lo que hago por el momento es dibujar mis logos (en Inkscape), exportarlos como PNG, después convertirlos a BMP, luego voy al software del plotter (Artcut), le doy a importar el archivo BMP, tengo que redibujarlo (porque no lo transforma a vectores demasiado bien), y finalmente recortar o dibujar (y aún y todo no tengo los resultados que me gustaría).

¿Hay alguna solución?
He leído varios manuales y no soy capaz de saber como puedo hacer para utilizar mi plotter con Inkscape.

Gracias de antemano,

Luis.

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mahfiaz (mahfiaz) said : 		#1

If you said what exact plotter you have, it would make anserwing your question easier.

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A.L.B. (alain-rx) said : 		#2

Excuse me,

my plotter is a Refine Craftmate DC240.
Even though, what I´m really looking for is a general extension to plot with Inkscape.

Thank you for your response.

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Lo siento,

mi plotter es un Refine Craftmate DC240,
aunque lo que realmente estoy buscando es una extensión general para utilizar el ploter con Inkscape.

Gracias por la respuesta.

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mahfiaz (mahfiaz) said : 		#3

This plotter ought to support HPGL language. From save as dialog pick HPGL, and you get file. Unfortunately I have no idea how to feed it to your plotter, but google gave me this: http://www.lingpartnership.com/plotfiles.htm
Hopefully you have some software with your plotter which would do that for you.

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A.L.B. (alain-rx) said : 		#4

The first, thanks for all Mahfiaz.

But, I would know to do this on Inkscape, not on AutoCAD (unfortunatelly, I don't have autocad)

Thanks for reply.

Best regards

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