2026-07-30 12:37 UTC
@penguin86@social.ichibi.eu .... it works great with a good pen plotter. the difference is probably mostly in the pen holder, which needs to have *just* the right pressure, which is basically just the weight of the pen. any extra downforce will cause the pen to not leave a solid line of ink.
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@penguin86@social.ichibi.eu 2026-07-30 13:25
@RueNahcMohr@infosec.exchange in this case the problem is not "mechanical" (even if I'm literally taping the pen to a 3D printer 😅), but the software stack... I can't obtain a valid gcode consistently... I'm using a patchwork of programs from Kicad to Inkscape and modifying the gcode manually... 🫣 I remember your setup, if I'm not wrong you use a proprietary dos program to route the circuit and drive the plotter, right? Does your plotter run gcode or does it have its own protocol?