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GoPlot Plus
NEW (July '08): now also in German (translated by Ben Senior)

GoPlot Plus is an extended version of GoPlot "Classic", my tool to send plot/print files to output devices like plotters and printers. Scroll down for GoPlot Classic if you think you don't need all the features of this version.

I created GoPlot Plus as I needed some extra functionality and I also applied some tricks that I picked up in the mean time. Like with my other tools, feedback is always welcome. Please note that I will not do any further development on GoPlot Classic (except for fixing bugs). More info

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GoPlot Plus (English) | GoPlot Plus (Deutsch)

GoPlot Classic
NEW (June '08): now also in German (translated by Ben Senior)

GoPlot is a Windows tool that I made to send files to HP DesignJets and printers with a PostScript RIP. Note that GoPlot can be used with any printer/plotter; it just offers some extras for the mentioned printer families. GoPlot is so easy to use: select one or more plot-/printfiles with the built in browser, or drag and drop the files from the Windows explorer; build a list of files to be printed; add or remove files in the joblist before you print; specify how many copies you want of each; send the files to any of the printers that are installed on your system, connected to your PC or in your network. As it consists of just one executable file, installation means nothing more than that you place this file in a folder on your harddisk. Just like in the "old DOS days"! Works in all 32 bits Windows versions. More info

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Drop &Print
Simplified Windows tool to send print/plot files to our printers. Useful when the extra features of GoPlot are not needed. To be used with spool folders for different printers in which the print files are stored. The printer operators can select files from these spool folders and decide to which printer the files will be sent. Then they drop the files on the corresponding form. A picture of the printer or plotter can be stored in the program's form, making it clear which form belongs to which printer.

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GoSpool.dll
The spool function of GoPlot, DAP and CLiP in a dll to make it available for anybody who wishes to develop his own "GoPlot" in any Windows programming language that supports the use of dll's.

I have included a simple sample application in VB (made with the MS Visual Express version) that may serve as a "user manual".

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CLiP
The DOS Copy command or LPR on the command line let you print print/plot files. As a simple alternative I offer the bare spooler of GoPlot and DAP. It can be used in batch programs. Two parameters should follow the name of the executable on the command line:

clip "filename" "printername"

(Use double quotes if any of the names contains spaces. Note that the name of the printer should be exactly as its driver name in the Windows printer panel and that it is case sensitive)

Like GoPlot and Drop and Print, CLiP uses the Windows spool engine, so as long as you can print to a certain printer for which you have a driver installed in Windows, you should be able to print to it using CLiP. CLiP finds the port to which the printer is connected (local or network) in the driver, so you don't have to worry about that.

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