What is plotter and different types of plotter
Plotter
Plotter is used for an ideal output devices like engineering, city planner and others who need hard copy output of different size. We know that printers are used for graphics output but many engineers requires high quality output on large sheet.
Two commonly used plotters are
- Drum plotter
- Flatbed plotter
- Ink jet plotter
1. Drum plotter :
in a drum plotter the paper on which the design is to be made is placed a the drum that can rotate in both clockwise and anticlockwise it produce vertical motion. The machine is also consist of one or more pen holder connected to the drum surface. The pen can move left to right or right to left produce horizontal motion. The drum and pen move simultaneously to draw design and graphs on the sheet placed on the drum.
2. Flatbed plotter :
A flatbed plotter plot a design or graphs on a sheet of paper that is fixed over a flatbed table. In this type of plotter the paper does not move and the pen holding mechanism provide all type of motion to draw design and graphs.
3. Ink jet plotter :
This device pushes beads of ink on the surface on which we are printing. Ink jet plotter is used by advertising agencies.
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