Given the proper command-line options, GCMC can produce an SVG image and, after some Bash fiddling and a bank shot off Inkscape, the same GCMC program I’ve been using to plot Homage Tektronix Circuit Computer decks can produce laser-printed decks:
Pen-plotting on yellow Astrobrights paper showed how much ink bleeds on slightly porous paper, but laser-printing the same paper produces crisp lines:
Laser printing definitely feels like cheating, but, for comparison, here’s a Genuine Tektronix Circuit Computer:
Plotting the decks on hard mode was definitely a learning experience!
Obviously, my cursor engraving hand remains weak.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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4 responses to “Homage Tektronix Circuit Computer: Laser Printed Scales”
These really turned out nice!
Much though it pains me to admit it, there’s a good reason printers wiped the floor with pen plotters. [grin]
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