HP plotters

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Sep 2 09:52:35 1999

Hi All,

   I got this from a friend of mine. You can see there are still lots of
good reasons to keep a real plotter around. So save that plotter!

   Joe
>
>A little while back a friend of mine (little bit of a collector, he
>has a Basis 108 and a DEC Pro 350, and some VAXen that he used to use)
>was starting to get into slide photography and going through his
>father's collection of slides (mostly having to do with the NYC subway
>system and like things in other cities). He decided he wanted to
>print on photo slide mounts; handwriting them doesn't work for him
>because he has crappy handwriting.
>
>So we spent some time at Fry's looking at inkjet printers, and decided
>the paper paths were too contorted -- no way to get a slide mount
>through there, let alone the sort of cardboard carrier we thought we'd
>need.
>
>We thought about it a while and decided that a plotter would be the
>way to go. Of course, who makes plotters in this day of cheap color
>inkjet printers (with expensive ink cartridges)? So I went to the
>next Computer Recycling Center sale and picked up a somewhat grungy
>7550A for $10 and passed it along to him. He bought some pens on
>eBay, worked out some HP-GL, hacked up a pen and an extra-fine
>Sharpie, and put together some bits of cardboard to make a carrier for
>a few slide mounts, and he was all set.
>
>So I guess they still have their uses. His only complaint is that the
>7550 takes up too much table space. I guess I'm keeping my eyes open for
>an 7470 or 7475 with RS-232 interface.
>

>
Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 09:52:35 BST