HPGL plotters?

[John Pybus]

Wookey wrote:
> +++ Olly Betts [05-09-29 16:13 +0100]:
> 
>>So if anyone out there is using printhpgl, please speak up!
> 
> 
> I still do, as I have an A0 plotter. I use it for large centreline plots
> before drawing. Although if all drawing is now done on the computer then
> I'll only use it for final output. As you say I don't care about the
> multi-page aspect.
> 
> I would _really_ like to be able to convert PDF or SVG to HPGL, even if it
> lost all the areas, because professional plotting is very expensive at
> A1/A0. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to plot the walls and symbols
> on HPGL, but that's largely a tunnel/therion issue rather than a survex one.

I think that an svg->hpgl tool would be the best idea, rather than 
survex/therion/tunnel implementations.  Perhaps it's a sign of how 
outdated HPGL is these days that Google couldn't find me one.

John