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Hello everybody,
After making a post on Reddit Started a new plotter build on a old Ender 5 3d printer.
Smaller form factor, removed the Z-axis from the printer and mounted the x and y on a board. Flashed the controller board with a custom klipper configuration and made it wireless accessible from within a browser.
Then struggled with the many programs that are out there to reliably and quick generate gcode to batch write Christmas cards (bad handwriting from myself). Went on a spree, vibe-coding a python script to do it. Tweaked it a bunch to allow for multiple "Hershey" fonts and custom envelope sizes. Also made a template to simulate address lines from postcards to align the address precisely.
The application has a rule to home the head and pause the plot when a address is written so you can place a new one and press the red button on the controller to proceed plotting the next address.
Then went as far as to compile the script to an executable and now I'm done. Everything works as intended. The plotter even has rubber feet. Haha.
I hope this repo finds many of you who also want to make a plotter and maybe get in touch to make the project even better.
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