DMPL, or Digital Microprocessor Plotter Language, is a
vector graphics
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file format
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Some file formats ...
from
Houston Instruments developed to control pen
plotter
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s and later used on cutting plotters.
Driver
This language is not compatible with
HP-GL
HP-GL, short for Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language and often written as HPGL, is a printer control language created by Hewlett-Packard (HP). HP-GL was the primary printer control language used by HP plotters. It was introduced with the plotteHP-89 ...
, see its
EAGLE
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definition:
IDMPType = PenPlotter
Long = "Houston Instrument DMP plotter"
Init = ";:H A EC1 \n"
Reset = "P0 @\n"
Width = 16
Height = 11
ResX = 1000
ResY = 1000
PenSelect = "P%u\n"
PenSpeed = "V%1.0f\n"
Move = "U %d,%d\n"
Draw = "D %d,%d\n"
PenCircleCxCyRxRy = "CA %d,%d 360\n"
See also
*
Roland DXY-800
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment, and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on 18 April 1972. In 2005, its headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It has fa ...
, a commonly used plotter for EDA software utilizing yet another plotter language called ''DXY-GL''.
External links
Sample DMPL filesDMPL Commands
Page description languages
Graphics file formats
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