1 min readOct 13, 2018
That’s a good question — I have never owned one of these large plotters. Out of my head, I can think of several challenges trying to attach a pen to this plotter:
- Does the feed motor move both ways?
- Can you control the feed motor using G-Code? and the print head position?
- Does the print head touch the paper, or does it fly above it? If it does, you will need to modify it so it doesn’t smear the ink.
- Do you have enough space to attach the pen next to the print head?
If it seems like you can easily attach a pen to the print head and control movement in both axes through GCode, then it might work. Anyway, if you do try this, I’d love to know about the results!
Good luck :)