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> My current thinking is the more “exotic” the pen and paper is, the better.

Oh? What makes for 'exotic' materials - like the weight of the paper, cold-vs-hot pressed, and so on?

Right, the less it looks like printer ink and printer paper.

same conclusions from me, lean into what makes the tool different than a regular printer, lean into it's imperfection ( improper inkflow, misregistration if using more than one color/pass, ink bleed, how it reacts to a semi-rough surface ). It is also a very performative tool, I've seen some artists using them in that way as well. Using both cartesian and polar style hanging plotters on gallery wall or glass window. Also hanging polar style plotters as a very cost effective way to create very large works.

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