A computer driven peripheral device capable of converting digital coordinates into graphic form. A flat-bed plotter is a plotter where the drawing material is mounted on a rigid table carrying a cartesian coordinate system grid. An arm with a cursor, and holding a drafting instrument or beam of light, moves across the material drawing the image in accordance to pre-programmed coordinates. A drum-type plotter operates on the same principle except the material receiving the image is mounted on a revolving cylinder.
Display device which draws images on paper. Usually uses ink pens but may also use technology similar to that in photocopy machines.
An output device used for printing large documents such as construction drawings.
An output device that creates a graphic image by controlling the motion of a pen on paper.
A device that prints charts and graphs by means of pens whose movements are programmed.
A printer that produces high-quality output by moving ink pens over the surface of the paper.
An electronic device used to produce output of spatial digital data on "hard copy" media (plots), such as paper or mylar.
printer used for very wide pages like architectural or engineering drawings
A computer-controlled printer or cutter.
A device that produces high-precision hard-copy graphic output.
An instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
A plotter is a pen-based output peripheral device attached to a computer for making drawings. There are basically two kinds of plotters, flatbed and drum. The most common way of transmitting graphics to a plotter is using HPGL, Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language.
a class of graphics devices that typically use pens to draw hardcopy output.
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
a device that uses one or more pins moved over a page to produce graphics from a personal computer
a device that uses some mechanism to drive pens in defined horizontal/vertical motions in
a device used to draw maps and diagrams
a device which uses a motor to move pens or drawing implements in tightly controlled horizontal and vertical motions on a piece of paper or film
a drawing machine which can execute drawing instructions sent to it by a computer
a large-format printer capable of printing
a piece of equipment connected to a computer that prints images by using a pen that moves across the paper
a printing device that produces high-quality line drawings by moving either pens or electrostatic charges over paper
a special kind of output device that produces images on paper
a special printer that transfers an architectural drawing or plan from a computer to paper
a special-purpose output device that draws images with ink pens
a type of printer that moves a pen or pens instead of printing dots (sometimes the substrate moves to stationary pens)
a type of printer that's different from dot matrix, inkjet, or laser printers
a vector graphics printing device which operates by moving a pen over the surface of paper
An output device that converts computer output into lines drawn on paper or on display terminals. (7/96)
An output device that converts computer data into graphs and pictures on paper or computer video screen.
A device used to record information, such as maps or graphs, on paper or film. They are usually based on one or more pens which move over the medium under control of a computer.
Device that interprets information sent from a computer and moves a tool head to a series of coordinates based on the device's X and Y axes. Sign making uses a plotter equipped with a knife to cut vinyl, with the X and Y coordinates forming an outline that can be weeded and installed on a surface. Sign-cutting plotters can be flatbed, where the knife-head is in a mobile gantry that moves to X and Y points; or drum, where the material is moved to find X coordinates and the knife head moves to Y points along a stationary gantry.
A computer output device that draws information, such as curves and lines, on paper.
A large-format graphics printer that draws images with ink pens. Typically they are used for printing large engineering diagrams.
A computerized piece of equipment used to lay out and cut graphic film prior to being applied on the awning.
A term that refers to the CAD origins of wide-format printers. A printer, so to speak, that graphs computer output.
An electronic drawing device for generating maps and other line drawings. The drawing is done with a variety of pens such as ballpoint, fiber-tip, or ceramic which move in x and y coordinate directions, in either an up or down position, to move or draw a line between two points. There are three types of plotters, electrostatic, pen and inkjet.
pen, electrostatic, thermal or ink-jet device for making hard copies of text, graphics, maps on various media such as paper, vellum or mylar in up to 8,049 colors.
A computer-controlled device that moves a cutting tool to a series of X and Y coordinates, cutting the outlines of letters and/or graphics which can then be weeded. See Weed. See Vinyl Cutting on our Processes Page.
A computer output device that draws images on paper using a pen. A plotter draws real lines rather than simulating them as a conventional printer would by producing a series of very close dots.
A drafting machine that provides a pen and ink drawing of an electronic CAD file..
a computer controlled output device for producing accurate lines or cuts on card or paper
A device that draws pictures on paper based on commands from a computer. Plotters differ from printers in that they draw lines using a pen. As a result, they can produce continuous lines, whereas printers can only simulate lines by printing a closely spaced series of dots. Multicolor plotters use different-colored pens to draw different colors.
a peripheral used to produce large graphics such as blueprints.
A printing device that draws images on paper using ink pens or pencils. A plotter draws images as a series of point-to-point lines.
an instrument that graphs computer output.
A flat tablet device that has a number of coloured drawing pens and a robotic arm. The device driver will issue the commands to pick up a coloured pen and draw on the tablet. This type of device is ideal for CAD (Computer Aided Design) work. See also Printer and Device Driver.
A term applied to a peripheral unit that, through computer control, prints data via the Cartesian (X/Y) co-ordinate system.
Computer-controlled drawing device (IT peripheral).
Device which draws graphics from computer instructions using either laser techniques or mechanical techniques. See imagesetter.
a device for making a large paper drawing. Several varieties of plotters are now available. Older models use pens on an armature and paper-feed rollers to allow paper and pens to move cooperatively and create continuous lines. Newer ones use electrostatic charges or ink-jet technology to put ink on paper as it is rolled through the printing mechanism.
A mechanical device which produces printout using vector or co-ordinate graphics often by using a pen moved about on rails.
A device that converts computer output into drawings on paper or displays the output on display-type terminals instead of printing a listing.
output device which draws on paper or film with pens, usually to produce graphics.
Any device used to draw charts, diagrams, and other line-based graphics.
A printer that prints vector graphics, i.e., images created by a series of many straight lines.
A graphic hard copy output device which can use any number of technologies to 'plot' an image. Pen plotters, electrostatic plotters, photo-plotters, ink-jet plotters and laser plotters are some examples.
A bitmap rendering of vector or 3D graphical data used to display an approximation of the graphical data. See thumbnail.
A plotter is a vector graphics printing device that connects to a computer.