Thread: Linking a plotter to a PC (XP system used)

Hello guys:

I've been using my plotter HP ColorPro 7440A successfully for many years in the past together with my Amiga Computer.

I would like now to connect the plotter to one of the serial ports COM1 or COM2 of my PC (XP system installed) and use the Microsoft Visual C++ (version 6) software to send instructions to the plotter.

What type of instructions should I write in my C program to open the port first and then get access to the plotter. May be a short test program should be useful to be sure that there's communication between them ?

Thanks a lot for your help.

Best regards.

Frandy

CreateFile() to open port
ReadFile() to read
WriteFile() to Write

There is some code in this thread that may be usefull.

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Hello guys:

Thanks to your replies.

I'm only a newbee in win32 programming.
So, I've been looking for some download that could be used easily to get my plotter working.

I found one called cool_code.zip for the source (cool_demo.zip for the demo).

It's working fine and I can give the plotter instructions through an edit box without problem. But I don't need a dialog window as the instructions are strings located in a Visual C++ program.

What should I do ?

Thanks again for your help.

Kind regards.

Frandy