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Help Using Inkscape => Inkscape Beginners' Questions => Topic started by: TomC on October 24, 2018, 02:09:20 PM

Title: Save as....HPGL
Post by: TomC on October 24, 2018, 02:09:20 PM

Hello:

I would like to use Inkscape drawing and then generating HPGL files.

I've just downloaded 0.92 and do not find 'Save As"...hpgl available.

I also searched for extension(s) to do this and could not find any.

Recommendations?

TomC

Title: Re: Save as....HPGL
Post by: brynn on October 24, 2018, 02:45:02 PM

Welcome TomC!

You can try Extensions menu > Export > Plot.  I believe that offers HPGL export. 

Or there are 3 external extension which offer HPGL.  Please visit the Home tab and scroll down to the extensions section.  Open the Export category (by clicking on "Export" in the first little box) and scroll a little more down to see the HPGL section.  Instructions for installing are just above the little boxes.

Or, I actually do see HPGL as a Save As option.  It's right about in the middle of the menu for Save As Type field.  It says "HP Graphics Language file (*.hpgl)".  I guess it's possible it's there because I have installed one of those external extensions, except that I have no cutter/plotter, so it's unlikely I've installed one.  But anyway, it's a big menu, so it wouldn't hurt to look again.

Title: Re: Save as....HPGL
Post by: TomC on October 26, 2018, 12:13:38 PM

Thanks for the reply.  I'm on a Win7/8/10 machine.

It appears that Inkcut does not support Win yet.

I'd be curious which one you've found to be successful.

Thankyou,
TomC

Title: Re: Save as....HPGL
Post by: brynn on October 27, 2018, 02:33:40 PM

I don't use any kind of cutter/plotter, so I've never tried those.  But I can still try to help.

Before I tried external extensions, I would try the 2 built-in options, which are the Save As menu, or Extensions menu > Export > Plot

Don't those work for you?