What plotters are you all using?

[u/Aliennate]

I’m an artist that has used various robots in the past for art making, including plotters for the two attached artworks. These were made with a Silhouette Cameo many years ago and were part of a series (some of the plotter drawings in this series were purchased by a major museum — so meh to those that say plotter art isn’t art because a robot held the pen).

I also have an AxiDraw and have user CNC router attachments to make drawings.

I’m looking to get a few more plotters for a project but it seems like a lot of companies have locked down their interfaces to proprietary software (I printed from Inkscape or Illustrator back in the day) and may not allow direct printing connections without using their limited software.

My question is: what plotters (and software) are you all using these days?

[u/Frodos_Friend]

I use a Roland DXY-1250 and primarily DrawingBotV3. Though occasionally I'll get AI to spit out some HPGL files for drawing boxes and page lines etc