.plt viewer/printing

A client of ours has recently switched to providing all of its drawings
in a hpgl type format ( .plt ) instead of the usual .dxf or .dwg that they
had been sending. They refuse to send any other format. I have googled a
couple free viewers that seem to work, however, the print is large enough
that I need to be able to print it out, and none of the freeware that I've
found support printing.

Is anyone aware of a freeware for this extension that will allow
printing? I don't want to pay the $300 necessary to license any of the ones
that I've found just so that I can print.

 

I don't know, but have you tried eDrawings?

WT

 

Unsupported file type in solidworks, DWGetitor, and E-drawings

 

try this for free:
http://www.cyco.com/amview/technical.html

Experience the benefits of the award-winning AutoManager View 4.1 with
a FREE, 14-day, fully functional trial version. AM-View will allow you
to View, Compare, Redline and Print over 240 different file formats
including AutoCAD 2005, Mechanical Desktop, MS Office XP, and many,
many more!

 

try this for free:
http://www.cyco.com/amview/technical.html

Experience the benefits of the award-winning AutoManager View 4.1 with
a FREE, 14-day, fully functional trial version. AM-View will allow you
to View, Compare, Redline and Print over 240 different file formats
including AutoCAD 2005, Mechanical Desktop, MS Office XP, and many,
many more!

 

One more freebie:
http://www.output.tmfweb.nl/HPGL2DXF.html
Windows tool to convert HPGL and HPGL/2 to DXF.

http://members.lycos.nl/goplot/dl_files/Hpgl2dxf.zip

 

AAARGH! last one has moved to:
http://www.noliturbare.com/HPGL2DXF.html

http://www.noliturbare.com/dl_files/Hpgl2dxf.zip