12 Nov
1999
12 Nov
'99
1:06 a.m.
Just had a delivery of more prime quality junk!
I have an HP 7550 pen plotter, complete with HP-GL manual
and quick reference. No operator's manual as yet. This
thing is huge, with a 68000 CPU, and takes A3 paper
manually fed as well as auto-feeding A4. However, here's
the question:
How do I get the plotter to open the paper drawer?
Is it a front-panel operation, or do I just pull? I've
pulled quite hard, so maybe it's just stuck :-(
Oh, and I also got a 4-track Philips tape deck, wherein the
belts have not just stretched, but liquified -- yuck!
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John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
12 Nov
12 Nov
2:28 a.m.
New subject: HP 7550 plotter
Hello -
Mine always opens hard. There no electronics to open the drawer. I
haven't figured out the trick to get it to open every time.
john
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* Dept. Electrical Engineering * *
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* University of Notre Dame * Phone: (219) 631-7752 *
* Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA * *
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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, John Honniball wrote:
Just had a delivery of more prime quality junk!
I have an HP 7550 pen plotter, complete with HP-GL manual
and quick reference. No operator's manual as yet. This
thing is huge, with a 68000 CPU, and takes A3 paper
manually fed as well as auto-feeding A4. However, here's
the question:
How do I get the plotter to open the paper drawer?
Is it a front-panel operation, or do I just pull? I've
pulled quite hard, so maybe it's just stuck :-(
Oh, and I also got a 4-track Philips tape deck, wherein the
belts have not just stretched, but liquified -- yuck!
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
15 Nov
15 Nov
4:37 a.m.
New subject: HP 7550 plotter
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:28:38 -0500 (EST) John Ott
<jott(a)ee.nd.edu> wrote:
Mine always opens hard. There no electronics to open
the drawer. I
haven't figured out the trick to get it to open every time.
Well, after reading that, I went home with the intention of
simply pulling harder on that paper drawer until it
opened...
Of course, it opened really easily this time! Thanks for
the advice, anyway.
My favourite feature of the HP 7550: little
"gravity-operated" lids over the three interface
connectors, to keep the dust out.
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* John Ott * Email: jott(a)saturn.ee.nd.edu *
* Dept. Electrical Engineering * *
* 275 Fitzpatrick Hall * *
* University of Notre Dame * Phone: (219) 631-7752 *
* Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA * *
***********************************************************************
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
12 Nov
12 Nov
6:42 a.m.
At 12:06 PM 11/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
Just had a delivery of more prime quality junk!
I have an HP 7550 pen plotter, complete with HP-GL manual
and quick reference. No operator's manual as yet. This
thing is huge, with a 68000 CPU, and takes A3 paper
manually fed as well as auto-feeding A4. However, here's
the question:
How do I get the plotter to open the paper drawer?
Is it a front-panel operation, or do I just pull? I've
pulled quite hard, so maybe it's just stuck :-(
It should just pull out. Sometimes they get pushed up and jam in the
housing.
The 7550 is a great plotter BTW.
Joe
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