WinLINE is proven to work with industry leading graphics software including AutoCAD, SolidWorks, MicroStation, CadKey, IntelliCAD, Office, Project, Visio, Corel Draw, and hundreds of other popular and obscure Windows programs.

Raster Plotters

WinLINE outputs CAD and line drawings efficiently on raster plotters including HP DesignJets, ENCAD, Oce, Calcomp and Xerox. Whilst ordinary printer drivers may treat plotters like very large, slow, desktop printers, WinLINE uses the native vector graphics capabilities of your large format plotter to render CAD and line drawings at maximum speed. Your productivity increases and your creative control expands every time WinLINE completes a faster print cycle.

WinLINE produces high fidelity output with control over line colors and line widths, the definitive range of paper size support, custom paper size support up to 200m (660ft), and vertical tiling for rendering very large output from programs like Corel Draw that don't support very large page sizes.

Pen Plotters

WinLINE makes pen plotters work efficiently with popular Windows programs by translating the printed page into efficient vector graphics statements that pen plotters can understand.

Common problems with other Windows plotter drivers include:

• Unrecoverable Application Errors
• General Protection Faults
• Out of bounds pen movements
• Incorrect line style
• Poor performance for wide lines
• Errors rendering arcs
• Spurious lines
• Incomplete plot
• Low resolution affecting curve smoothness
• Polygon fills do not take account of pen widths
• Incorrect text sizing, positioning and/or rotation
• Lack of support for TrueType fonts
• Drawing does not fit on the sheet
• Output data size up to ~10x larger than drawing size
• Slow plot generation
• Incomplete paper size support
• Poor performance for wide lines
• Jagged rendering of diagonal lines
• Incorrectly joined polylines
• Errors rendering arcs
• Lack of support for HPGL and DMPL languages
• Driver does not exist for the plotter model

WinLINE solves these problems with a driver platform that is specifically engineered for vector devices and which has been acclaimed throughout the CAD industry since 1993 as the leading Windows driver for pen plotters.

Vinyl Cutters

Vinyl cutters have traditionally been used with stand-alone signwriting programs which require the outut device to be directly connected to the workstation and driven directly by the program. WinLINE enables cutters and engravers to be used with popular CAD and vector illustration programs such as Corel Draw and AutoCAD LT with full network connectivity achieved through integration with Windows Print Manager.

WinLINE supports page sizes up to 200m (660ft) in length and works with programs that don't support large page sizes through vertical tiling. TrueType fonts are rendered as outlines, making any Windows program that prints TrueType text capable of working with your vinyl cutter.

Engravers

Engravers have traditionally been used with stand-alone engraving programs which require the outut device to be directly connected to the workstation and driven directly by the program. WinLINE enables engravers to be used with popular CAD and vector illustration programs such as Corel Draw and AutoCAD LT with full network connectivity achieved through integration with Windows Print Manager.

WinLINE renders TrueType fonts as outlines, making any Windows program that prints TrueType text capable of working with your engraver, including Office applications such as Excel and Word.

HPGL Language Files

HPGL and HP-GL/2 are popular vector file formats used to import/export data from diverse sources. WinLINE’s generic HPGL model support produces output using a subset of HPGL commands which can be understood by the simplest HPGL import processes and devices. Use WinLINE's generic HPGL output with popular viewing, archiving and document management systems.