Most Macintosh CAD applications plot their data to common CAD plotters manufactured by companies such as Hewlett-Packard, EnCAD and Espon. Most of these Mac CAD apps can plot over a standard network either directly to an internal RIP or an external one as a box or product on a CPU. Common plotter printer languages supported include both PostScript and industry standard HP CAD languages such as HP-GL/2, etc.

For specific questions about a particular application's plotting requirements you should consult that software developer's information. For information from other users you can generally post and read feedback on technical discussion boards online, such as Nemetschek's VectorWorks boards. Or you can ask other users inside the Architosh online Forums which cover topics on CAD plotting.

Relevant Articles and Resources

• MacPlot: HP-GL Plot Drivers for Macintosh CAD Apps

• ForumTalk: Adobe Postscript RIP and PowerCADD

• ForumTalk: About printing and Postscript in PowerCADD

• ForumTalk: ArchiCAD & HP DesignJet 500

• ForumTalk: VectorWorks and plotting on HP 488CA

• New HP Plotter Trade-in & Cash back deal

Related Tables

None at the moment. We will have related tables once our Hardware section of the DPG is completed. Until then, for more information on plotters and large-format printing see the references above and consult our partner's site, Integrated CADD Solutions (ICS) online info on plotters.