For map-lovers like [Christopher Getschmann], poring over a quality map can be as satisfying as reading a good book. Good maps can be hard to come by, though, especially at a scale worth looking at, ...

There’s something uniquely satisfying about a pen plotter. Though less speedy or precise than a modern printer, watching a pen glide across the page, mimicking human drawing, is mesmerizing. This ...

Computer plotters are a type of output device commonly used for computer-aided design applications, to output large vector designs such as architectural blueprints. By moving a pen mechanically, ...

d.i.d. or Deep Ink Diver is an open source scalable pen plotter which you can build yourself using a 3D printed housing. The pen plotter has been designed to provide an easy to build, affordable pen ...

Instructables member Patrick Panikulam has created a versatile wireless Arduino pen plotter and laser engraver, powered by an Arduino UNO microcontroller and offering a work area of 200 x 162 mm and ...

Designer Niklas Roy has created an incredible miniature plotter made from Finnish cardboard, rubber bands, glue, tape, glue, and a welding rod. Roy designed the gadget while teaching a workshop at the ...

It’s the late 1970s and pilot fish is working for a small company that produces custom solutions involving computer hardware, software or both. A large customer wants a pair of drafting machines — pen ...

Graphics devices can be grouped into the following categories: devices that do not support user-defined colors devices that support user-defined colors pen plotters. You can determine whether your ...

Both wide-format printers and plotters create high-resolution image replication, but the methods of reproduction the two printer types use differ vastly due to file format, materials and subject ...