Blisterpeanuts 0 Posted January 20, 2017 Hi, I hope this is the right place to post this. We have a Graphtec CE6000-40 and we're trying to do something a bit unusual with it: we've mounted an Android tablet to the plotter, with a user-friendly touch-screen app that lets you select printing options, set up your job, then hit PRINT. The app then creates a print job and sends it down the USB wire to the plotter. The purpose is to provide some specialized pre-designed jobs for end customers. This works great for smaller jobs, less than 64K we think, but for large jobs that have too much markup, the plotter chokes midway through. Graphtec provides a Windows program "SEND.EXE" which does work correctly -- it sends the job from a Windows laptop to the plotter and somehow has the right commands. My question is, what are those commands to make the plotter handle a large job? I'm guessing it's splitting large jobs up into several chunks with a command like "Page X of 3" at the top of each mini-job. I've written to Graphtec Japan, and they wrote back and said "We don't support Android and we won't answer your questions." Not too helpful. I'm just hoping there are some hacker/hobbyists out there who've put a scanner on the USB port and sleuthed this out already. Thanks for any ideas! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dakotagrafx 7,297 Posted January 20, 2017 my first guess is the tablet has limited processing power and memory compared to a computer. second you are working with a plotter and not a printer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blisterpeanuts 0 Posted January 20, 2017 Hm, yes it's a cutting plotter. I'm pretty sure this is a software problem and not some kind of hardware speed issue. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cardudenc 151 Posted January 20, 2017 @Primal Decals . I was wondering about being able to do this. I'm thinking about setting up something mobile in a enclosed trailer. want everything easy to move 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Primal Decals 621 Posted January 20, 2017 I will have to check this out.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Primal Decals 621 Posted January 20, 2017 found this on the forum.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites