But you can throw a pen into any gantry mechanism, whether that's a cheap laser ...

myself248 on June 7, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotte...

But you can throw a pen into any gantry mechanism, whether that's a cheap laser like the k40 or a hobby router like the xcarve, or a kit-built machine like cncrouterparts sells.

These are cheap and ubiquitous. Most of them speak gcode not hpgl, but that's just a firmware tweak or a postprocessor change.

neilv on June 7, 2019 [–]

What you say sounds promising, and maybe better than trying to keep a large HP pen plotter running.