A high accuracy ( 0.002 inch) flatbed plotter with a programmable, photoimage projector assembly. It is most often used to produce actual-size master patterns for printed circuit artwork directly on dimensionally-stable, high-contrast photographic film.

A machine for creating a photographic image of a printed circuit board from electronic data.

A photoplotter is an electro-mechanical-optical machine that produces a latent image on a media, usually high-contrast monochromatic (black-and-white) photographic film, using a light source under computer control.