Contemporary Uses of Pen Plotters
In the mid-to-late 2000s artists and hackers began to rediscover pen plotters as quirky, customizable output devices. The quality of the lines produced by pens on paper is quite different from other digital output techniques. Even 30 year old pen plotters typically still function reliably, and many are available for less than $100 on auction and resale websites. While support for driving pen plotters directly or saving files as HPGL has disappeared from most commercial graphics applications, several contemporary software packages make working with HPGL on modern operating systems possible.
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