Gerber Signmaker IVB User's Manual (1983) (manualslib) manualslib.com

HP 7470A Operator's Manual (manualslib) manualslib.com

Building an interactive plotter art installation lostpixels.io

Nice writeup (with videos) of an interactive plotter art exhibit at SIGGRAPH 2023.

HP-75 Plotter ROM External Reference Specification (1982) (PDF) literature.hpcalc.org

LineDream linedream.marcrleonard.com

A generative art library for Python that can export SVGs.

Line-us line-us.com

A cute little kickstarted robotic drawing arm.

300 Days with Plotters liciahe.medium.com

Blog post by Licia He about a successful 100 day plotting challenge.

Hektor juerglehni.com

The original cable-based drawbot from 2002.

Toward Aesthetic Guidelines for Paintings with the Aid of a Computer (1975) (paywall) jstor.org

Vera Molnar.

jscut jscut.org

A web-based utility for converting SVG to G-code.

https://jiristepanovsky.cz/project.php?p=13plotter jiristepanovsky.cz

Blog post on the Aritma Minigraf 0507 plotter from Czechoslovakia.

JetPens - The Best White Ink Pens jetpens.com

A comprehensive review of many white ink pens, with pictures of their coverage characteristics.

PINTR javier.xyz

Plottable random line drawings from your images.

SuperformulaSVG for web jasonwebb.github.io

A generative line art web app.

HPGL Reference Guide isoplotec.co.jp

HTML-based HPGL Reference.

4xiDraw instructables.com

Yet another 3d-printable AxiDraw clone w/ Arduino CNC Shield controller running grbl firmware.

Summary of single line fonts imajeenyus.com

Good information and links to other resources and fonts.

IEEE Electronic Systems News Autumn (1985) ieeexplore.ieee.org

Review of the three-color Penman robotic plotter.

HP Pen Plotters hpmuseum.net

Vintage desktop and floor-standing pen plotters from the creator of the HPGL standard. Model 7475A is very common and can usually be found on eBay.

Texas Instruments HX-1000 Plotter Photos hexbus.com

Photo gallery of the plotter's exterior, interior, and packaging.

Roland DG DXY-990 hackaday.io

Quickstart guide for a Roland flatbed plotter.

hp2xx gnu.org

GNU tool to convert HPGL into other vector and raster formats. Can also be used as a previewing in X11.

Orbis Tertius glkitty.com

An immersive digital installation with plotter output of Martian topography.

svg-fonts gitlab.com

Single-line fonts in an SVG format, mainly for use with the Hershey Text Inkscape plugin.

Roland DPX-3300 Operation Manual (GitHub) github.com

penkit-optimize github.com

An SVG optimizer that uses a vehicle routing solver to minimize plot time.

SquiggleDraw github.com

"SquiggleDraw will create a SVG file from an image, using the brightness to change the amplitude of sine waves".

20+ Questions About My Plotter Painting Practice eyesofpanda.com

Q&A blog post with lots of details about more painterly plotting.

Painting with Plotters eyesofpanda.com

A work-in-progress course by Licia He.

fabnodes extensions.blender.org

Blender add-on to export geometry node toolpaths as G-code.

EmergentDesign emergentdesign.bigcartel.com

EggBot egg-bot.com

Pen plotter for egg-shaped and spherical objects.

Arjan van der Meij dutchplottr.nl

Roland DPX-3700A DPX-2700A User's Manual (Roland Direct Download) downloadcenter.rolanddg.com

UJI doersino.github.io

A web-based generative art thing with SVG export.

Tools, Tricks, and Hacks: Exploring Novel Digital Fabrication Workflows on #PlotterTwitter dl.acm.org

Research paper on the novel workflows of the plotter community (Video Summary).

Arduino CNC Drawing Machine diymachines.co.uk

A fairly simple 3d-printed AxiDraw-style plotter with good video documentation.

DrawingBots Discord Forum discordapp.com

Discord forum with an active community.

How to Watercolor Paint with a Robotic Drawing Machine: An Interview with Licia He dirtalleydesign.com

How to Draw Generative Art with an Axidraw Pen Plotter dirtalleydesign.com

Lots of nice tips, not all specific to the Axidraw, plus some pen reviews and handy 3d-printed tools.

Michelle Chandra dirtalleydesign.com

curiousmarc.com: HP 7475A Plotter curiousmarc.com

A great collection of info, ephemera, plot files, three YouTube videos, and a 3d-printable replacement part for the HP 7475A.

Components AI components.ai

Experimental computational design platform for exploring generative space.

ChiliPeppr Hardware Fiddle chilipeppr.com

Modular web-based workspaces to visualize G-code and control hardware.

inconvergent buy.inconvergent.net

Buildlog.net Atari 1020 Plotter Retrofit buildlog.net

Blog post and video about converting an Atari 1020 plotter to use a ESP32-based GRBL controller.

Bluesky bsky.app

and Mastodon hashtag with good plotterfolk activity.

BrachioGraph brachiograph.art

A cheap and simple plotter made from sticks, servos, and a Raspberry Pi running Python. Here's video of a BrachioGraph talk at PyCon UK from the creator.

Blot blot.hackclub.com

An open-source DIY pen plotter from Hack Club with a browser-based editor for generative art.

Arduino CNC Shield blog.protoneer.co.nz

Grbl-compatible stepper motor control shield for Arduino, similar to the grblShield.