4 Aug
2023
4 Aug
'23
9:40 a.m.
On Aug 4, 2023, at 9:05 AM, Gordon Henderson via
cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I have a HiPlot plotter - it's DMP-29, but I'm fairly sure it takes the same pens
as the DMP-2 which I also have but in a million pieces - but right now without pens.
I have been promised some but it may be many weeks...
I'm wondering if anyone has any old (or NOS?) pens for them? What I'm after is
the dimensions with a view to 3D printing new pens - or at least pen holders so I can fit
modern pens into. (There is no height restriction on the pen bodys)
Can anyone help?
Some searching turned up this:
https://www.buz-line.com/p-1766-hi-plotter-pens-k-style-for-dpp-houston-ins…
Expensive...
It's hard to be sure, but I wonder if a standard Rotring (a.k.a., Radiograph)
technical pen will work. Those were commonly used in plotters, for example I remember
using a Calcomp plotter with one of those. And those are obviously refillable, and
available in any number of sizes. Not to mention great drawing tools to have around -- I
wonder where mine is.
paul