Paint driver for HP plotters?

[Doug Youngs]

> 
> I have been assigned the task of buying a plotter to use with GRASS. 
> I have been looking at the HP DraftMaster SX (pen plotter) and the 
> new HP DesignJet (Ink Jet technology) plotters.  Both use HP-GL
> (HP-GL/2) plotting language.  I don't see a paint driver for this, 
> in the GRASS paint subdirectory.  
> 
> 1. Does GRASS have drivers for HP plotters?  Am I once again missing
>    something obvious?  :) 
> 2. Is anyone using either of these plotters to do GRASS stuff?
>    If so, what are your impressions, etc?
> 3. Can anyone recommend other plotters, in a similar price range?
>    I can get the HP's at between $5000 and $9000 Canadian; my 
>    budget can handle only the low end of the range.
> 
> Thanks for any comments.
> 
> Tim.
> 
Did anyone respond to your query ?  I also am looking at options for
hardcopy output of raster images.  Please let me know if you got any
useful feedback.....

thanks
Doug Youngs
Advanced Sciences
Las Cruces, NM