    << PloViewMini >>
    HPGL Viewer English
                       Copyright (C)1995-2026 Isoplotec Corporation
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1. Outline
2. Installation
3. After Installation
4. Uninstalling
5. Use license contract document
6. Licensing fee
7. Questions
8. History
9. Related products

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1. Outline
 This program is a viewer that displays the HPGL plotter drawing 
file (HPGL/2, HP RTL not supported) which runs on Windows Vista, 
7, 8, 10 at high speed. It supports multi-page as well. The display 
can rotate, mirror inversion, grid display is possible. You can set 
color, line width, display ON / OFF, background color for the pen. 
For all pens, color / black and white, variable line width / constant 
switching is possible. Multiple magnified views can be displayed for 
one drawing.
 This program is a limited version of PloView (paid), free license 
with no license fee.
 If it does not display properly in this program, data other than 
HPGL is included. Please use PloView.
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2. Installation
 When installing, please make sure that the user account is 
administrator authority "Administrator".
Step 1: To replace the old and new PloViewMini, uninstall the old 
        PloViewMini according to the 4th item.
Step 2: Please create a new folder such as \Temp\PloViewMini etc.
Step 3: Since this software is compressed into a ZIP file named 
        PloViewMinixxx.ZIP, unzip it into the folder of Step 2 with 
        the decompression software such as LHA.
Step 4: Start Windows Explorer and double-click SetupPloViewMiniE.exe 
        in the folder in Step 2.
Step 5: Follow the instructions displayed on the screen.
Step 6: The installation work is executed automatically.
Step 7: In order to open compressed graphic files LZH or ZIP format 
        in PloViewMini, the following files must be in next directory.
           for LZH files: UNLHA32.DLL;
           for ZIP files: UNZIP32.DLL.
        32Bit OS ... C:\Windows\System32 folder
        64Bit OS ... C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder
        These files can be downloaded from the Internet home page.
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3. After Installation
(1) Program folder
    The PloViewMini program is in the installation folder specified 
   during installation. By default installation is the next folder.
     32Bit OS ... C:\Program Files\Isoplotec\PloViewMini
     64Bit OS ... C:\Program Files (x86)\Isoplotec\PloViewMini 
    Please do not modify the files in this folder.
(2) Setting file folder
    The following folder contains PloViewMini setting file and 
   sample HPGL file. However, "username" is the Windows account name.
       C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Isoplotec\PloViewMini
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4. Uninstalling
  It can be uninstalled using the Windows Control Panel [addition and 
deletion of program]: select PloViewMini from the scrolldown list and 
push [Uninstall].

 And please delete configuration file in 3. (2) by Explorer. 
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5. Use license contract document
   By install this software and using, customer is accepted to that is 
  restrained to the clause of this contract document.

(1) Copyright
   Isoplotec Corporation (below say the copyright holder ) has all 
   rights including the copyright of the software execution file, 
   program, and documentation. It is forbidden to convert this 
   software without the copyright holder's permission.

(2) License agreement
   You can install one copy of this software on one computer and use 
  it only on the installed computer. In addition, you can copy one copy 
  of this software onto the medium for backup. Usage such as private use, 
  corporate business use, academic use etc. is not limited.

(3) Transferring, lending of the license 
    User is forbidden to transfer and lend the software to a third party.

(4) quality assurance
    The copyright holder does not guarantee the quality of this software.

(5) Disclaimer
    In no event shall the copyright holder bear any responsibility as to 
  the result of using this software or any other damage (Including but 
  not limited to loss of business interest, disruption of business, 
  loss of business information or other financial damage) arising from 
  the result which could not be used. Even if the copyright owner is 
  informed about the possibility of such damage.

(7) Release
    If you breach the terms or conditions of this Agreement, the 
   copyright owner may terminate this Agreement without prejudice to 
   any other rights. In such a case, you must destroy all copies of 
   this software.

(8) Rental fee (license fee)
    This software is freeware, and fee (license fee) is free.
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6. Licensing fee
   This program is a limited version of PloView (paid), free license 
  with no license fee.
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7. Questions

   Please email questions about this software to Isoplotec Corporation.
   E-mail address is "isoplotec@isoplotec.co.jp".

   Internet HP
     https://www.isoplotec.co.jp/ehp.htm
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6. history
Ver.1.0 June 3, 1995
    HView Ver.1.0 as the basis of PloViewMini is released.

Ver.8.04 January 9, 2018
(1) Release PloView Ver. 8.03 as a freeware with limited function.
Ver.8.04 January 29, 2018
(2) Fixed abnormally when opening some abnormal files.
Ver.8.04 January 14, 2020
(3) When putting the Windows GodMode icon on the desktop, an error 
    occurred at startup. This was repaired.
Ver.8.04 December 31, 2020
(4) After opening the multi-page file, closing all child windows 
    and pressing the page switching button resulted in an error.
    I fixed this obstacle.
Ver.8.04 April 3, 2025
(5) The installation file name has been changed from setup.exe 
    to SetupPloViewMiniE.exe.
Ver. 8.04 October 5, 2026
(6) Switched the code signing provider from Sectigo to Microsoft 
     Azure Trusted Signing.
   ・As a signing infrastructure directly provided by Microsoft, 
     it offers excellent compatibility with Windows OS and Windows 
     Defender, ensuring safe operation without errors in user 
     environments.
   ・It automatically applies a highly robust timestamp, ensuring 
     that the signature on the user's copy of the application 
     remains valid, confirming it as "safe and correctly signed 
     in the past."
   ・Due to the nature of Windows mechanisms, the "Microsoft Defender 
     SmartScreen" warning (blue warning screen) is more likely to 
     appear during installation immediately after an app update, 
     as there are fewer users at that stage.
   Note: What is code signing?
     It authenticates the software's distributor and guarantees 
     that the software has not been tampered with or subjected to 
     impersonation.
     Recently, Windows and security software have tightened their 
     security checks, leading to an increase in false positives 
     (incorrectly flagging safe software as malicious). 
     Code signing can help reduce these false positives. 
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9. Related products

(1) HPGL/Vector/Image Viewer  PloView
     The function difference with PloComp can display only one drawing 
    files.

(2) Multi HPGL/Vector/Image file overwrite viewer PloComp
     This is an extended version of PloView that can superimpose up to 
    20 drawing files in the same display. You can choose the display 
    mode that is overwrite (Copy), mixture color (Merge), difference 
    (Xor), undisplay, mirror(on/off) at a file.  Thus, two or more 
    files can be superimposed to check for differences by observing 
    color differences.

(3) HPGL/Vector/Image printer continuation output program PloCon
     This is a version of PloView without the screen display, used for
    printing. It can be used to print multiple files continuously.
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                                 E-Mail ID:isoplotec@isoplotec.co.jp
                                               Isoplotec Corporation
