HP ColorPro Plotter 7440 -- Windows 2000 OR Windows XP DRIVER

[Scott.A.Smith]

Are there any drivers that can be obtained to enable us to run an
ancient HP COLORPRO PLOTTER 7440 on either a Windows 2000 or a Windows
XP machine?

Thanks!

 

[JS]

Boy does this bring back old memories.
All I could find was this: http://www.winline.com/evalpen.html

JS

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

http://www.winline.com/evalpen.html
http://www.plotworks.com/prodspec.html

That's about all I can find.

 

[JS]

The plotter as you know uses HPGL and not PCL as the language. If I recall
correctly there were some HP printers that also supported HPGL (don't hold
me to it). If you find a printer driver that supports HPGL then it might
work.

See: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hpgl+printer

JS

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

There is a basic GL driver included in XP: (Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 Plotter)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293378

 

[JS]

Way to go Cari!
And MS XP even supports Thinkjets (1984 vintage inkjet) and Paintjets (first
color inkjet printer).

JS

 

[V Green]

There is a basic GL driver included in XP: (Hewlett-Packard HP-GL/2 Plotter)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293378

And it is a MAJOR piece of crap, like all native MS
HPGL drivers have been since Windows 95.

Any line NOT perfectly vertical or horizontal is drawn
"stair-step" fashion - completely unacceptable.

Use WinLine. I haven't needed it in years, but it was
the only HPGL solution I found that would run under
NT 4.0 that actually USED the plotter functions
correctly.