I see so many of these in thrift stores, etc, for around $10-15, that I pay
them no attention at all. They're not particularly interesting since
deskjet printers will accept HPGL also. I don't see them with an assortment
of pens, as I once did, so I'd say that's the weak link. What's more, the
color deskjet printers, e.g. DJ550, etc, costing about the same as the
plotters, print in color, accept HPGL, and are about 10x as fast, even
though they're quite slow.
Third-party pens are available in art and drafting supply houses. There's a
line of refillable ink pens from Kohinoor which I've found doesn't work
terribly well in my somewhat larger 7595B ("E"-size) plotter, but they may
have something for the little desktop plotter. The not-refillable ones seem
to work fine, though. If you use the roller ball pens or the tip-wicks,
they may work for you.
Good luck!
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Christian Fandt <cfandt_at_netsync.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone have an old plotter.... found.
>Upon the date 12:14 AM 4/29/99 -0700, Jason Willgruber said something like:
>>I found a _new_ plotter (HP 7475 Color Pen Plotter).
>>
>>One question:
>>
>>Where would I be able to find replacement pens? Are they still fairly
>>readily available?
>
>Try a drafting supply store, office supply store or one of the big chain
>office supply stores such as Office Max. Check Yellow Pages under Office
>Supplies or Drafting Supplies, etc. (Or call John Lovitz ;)
>
>HP doesn't make pens anymore but there are one or two good third-party
>outfits who do. Lots of those plotters out there yet so should be no
>problem finding pens for several years at least.
>
>Regards, Chris
>-- --
>Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
>Jamestown, NY USA cfandt_at_netsync.net
>Member of Antique Wireless Association
> URL: http://www.ggw.org/awa
Received on Thu Apr 29 1999 - 09:27:10 BST