DMPL
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Digital Microprocessor Plotter Language (DMPL) is a vector graphics
Vector graphics
Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics...

 file format
File format
A file format is a particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file.Since a disk drive, or indeed any computer storage, can store only bits, the computer must have some way of converting information to 0s and 1s and vice-versa. There are different kinds of formats for...

 from Houston Instruments developed to control pen plotter
Plotter
A plotter is a computer printing device for printing vector graphics. In the past, plotters were widely used in applications such as computer-aided design, though they have generally been replaced with wide-format conventional printers...

s and later used on cutting plotters.

Driver

This language is not compatible with HP-GL, see its EAGLE
Eagle (program)
EAGLE by Cadsoft is a flexible and expandable EDA schematic capture, PCB layout, autorouter and CAM program widely used since 1988.- Schematic capture :...

definition:

[HIDMP]

Type = PenPlotter
Long = "Houston Instrument DMP plotter"
Init = ";:H A EC1 \n"
Reset = "P0 @\n"
Width = 16
Height = 11
ResX = 1000
ResY = 1000
PenSelect = "P%u\n"
PenSpeed = "V%1.0f\n"
Move = "U %d,%d\n"
Draw = "D %d,%d\n"
PenCircleCxCyRxRy = "CA %d,%d 360\n"
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