MANUAL for DXY-1350 and DXY-1150 http://emoc.org/materiel/plotter_roland_DXY-1200/UMDXY1350a.pdf
make sure you have xcode command line tools installed.
xcode-select --install
Install pstoedit
Via Brew: brew install pstoedit
Download HPGL-Distiller
Install / Make:
tar zxvf hpgl-distiller-0.9.1.tar.gz
cd hpgl-distiller-0.9.1; make
make install
Install chiplotle
First install pip sudo easy_install pip==20.3.4
(only speicfy version if you are using python 2.7)
Via PIP: pip install Chiplotle
For artwork, I ill often create something in Inkscape, Illustrator or 3D, export it as an .EPS
file.
From here, you'll want to convert the EPS to HPGL:
pstoedit -f plot-hpgl src/input.eps dist/output.hpgl
Then you want to remove all the excess crap in the HPGL and optimise the pen route:
hpgl-distiller -i dist/output.hpgl -o dist/output-distilled.hpgl
Now use the optimised in Chiplotle:
$ chiplotle
>>> plotter.write_file('dist/output-distilled.hpgl')
The plotter will start drawing straight away.
select pen : SP1;
set speed: VS40;
plotter.margins.hard.draw_outline()
draw outlines of drawable area:plotter.select_pen(0)
put pen back
Note: Worth adding a pick up pen command to the top of your HPGL incase there isn't one from your EPS