Can PhotoShop save as PLT?

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remarkble
Nov 26, 2003
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Does anyone know if PhotoShop 7.0 for Windows can "save as" a PLT (HPGL) format? I didn’t see it in my save as options…. Thanks, Mark
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zippy2000
Nov 26, 2003
I checked my save as options too. I would say no. What file format is that? What programs use it?
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Rob_Keijzer
Nov 26, 2003
I believe HPGL is printer or plotter language.
I haven’t seen it in any graphic program as a "Save As". Rob
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graffiti
Nov 26, 2003
If I remember right, it’s basically the same as a .prn file but generated by AutoCADD or some other drafting software.
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shecky_greene
Nov 26, 2003
What is your desired end result?
There is a Photoshop Plug-in that will allow Export to .PLT but it only works with Greyscale images.
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Mr3
Nov 27, 2003
I would be very surprised if you could get a PLT file out of PhotoShop.

A PLT file is for plotters and is nothing more than a list of ASCII data plotter commands.
In the simplest terms, the commands look like:
P1 ; mount Pen 1
D, 127.32, 39902 57.40,207.66 ; Draw from starting X,Y to ending X,Y etc…

These commands drive the plotter servo motors to create line drawings. It would be a real piece of work to convert a PSD raster image into Vector data and then mash the vectors into a PLT file.

HTH

Mr3

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What is your desired end result?
There is a Photoshop Plug-in that will allow Export to .PLT but it only works with Greyscale images.

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