HPGL plotters?

[John Pybus]

John Pybus wrote:
> Wookey wrote:
> 
>> +++ Olly Betts [05-09-29 16:13 +0100]:
>>
>>> So if anyone out there is using printhpgl, please speak up!
>>
>> 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 outdated HPGL is these days that Google couldn't find me one.

Ah, but pstoedit does claim to do PDF/PS to HPGL.  I've no idea how good 
a job it does:

http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit

John