easier to align with the existing lines on the paper
the ink doesn't look printed (depending on the pen; I would use a blue ball-pen to make text look more authentic)
there are pressure-marks left on the paper, you wouldn't have these on regular printers

[–] Jay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And as I found out in this thread, you can also adjust the handwriting. That's cool. But in the picture, the writing looks so artificial that the person could have used a normal printer.

[–] Oszilloraptor@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

You can plot anything.

I use it mostly to print drawings onto birthday cards.

(btw, I totally agree that OPs results are far from look handwritten; just wanted to stand in for some benefits of plotting in general. If I would try what op does I guess I would try things very differently)

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait shit I just use one as a printer for bigass drawings. I didn’t realize it used a pen

[–] amminadabz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Most modern "plotters" are just bigass printers. The word used to only mean pen-based vector-drawing machines, but the overlapping use in architechture and engineering meant that as cheap inkjets supplanted the pen plotters they co-opted the name.