Device Description

The driver archive library libddCADplt.a or shared library libddCADplt.sl contains the CADplt2 Device Driver as well as the CADplt Device Driver. The command plotter language for the CADplt2 driver is HP-GL/2.

The CADplt2 driver provides hardware support for certain areas of functionality for Starbase graphics. All standard HP-GL/2 command set devices should work properly with this driver. Hewlett Packard has tested and supports the following HP-GL/2 devices with HP-IB and serial RS-232 interfaces.^[8]

HP C1600A B/W Electrostatic, D-size (HP 7600 Model 240D)
HP C1601A B/W Electrostatic, E-size (HP 7600 Model 240E)
HP 7595B DraftMaster SX (single sheet)
HP 7596B DraftMaster RX (roll feed)
HP 7599A DraftMaster MX (multi-user, roll or sheet)
HP C1602A PaintJet XL with HP-GL/2 plug in cartridge
HP C1620A Color Electrostatic (HP 7600 Model 355)
HP C1625A B/W Electrostatic, US D-size (HP 7600 Model 250)
HP C1627A B/W Electrostatic, US E-size (HP 7600 Model 255)
HP C1629A B/W Electrostatic, EUROPE A1-size (HP 7600 Model 250)
HP C1631A B/W Electrostatic, EUROPE A0-size (HP 7600 Model 255)
PaintJet XL300 (with an HP-GL/2 cartridge)
DesignJet 650C

The following table displays the features of the CADplt2 driver.

Table 2-1 CADplt2 Device Driver Features

Feature	CADplt2
Supports all HP-GL devices	no
Supports input operations	no
Hardware polygon support	yes
Hardware rectangle support	yes
Hardware text support (`FLOAT_XFORM` interface only)	yes
Roll paper support	yes
Isotropic spooling	yes
HP-GL/2 error checking	yes
Starbase wide lines	yes
Encoded spool files	yes
HP-GL/2, PCL context switching	yes
Extended font selections	yes ^[1]
Single quadrant coordinate system	yes
Color map support	yes ^[2]
^[1]Supported if device contains desired fonts. ^[2]Supported on color electrostatic plotters.

^[8]Hewlett-Packard continually develops new devices to take advantage of the latest printer and plotter technologies. Therefore, new printers or plotters that the CADplt2 driver supports may have been released after this document was printed.

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