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Axidraw
A3 pen plotter.
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Quick overview
- Move the AxiDraw to its Home Corner.
- Plug in power and USB cables.
- Clip in your pen, with height just above the paper.
- Position your paper with its upper-left corner below the pen tip.
- In Inkscape
Extensions > AxiDraw Control
. Go to tabsetup
. Click theToggle pen between UP, DOWN
option. Click apply to toggle the pen down and back up to check the correct vertical movement.Extensions > AxiDraw Control
. Go to tabPlot
and click Apply to start plotting.- Each visible layer will print.
For single line fonts, check Inkscape Extensions > text > Hershey text
Download the manual here