I've heard of people putting cutting blades in plotters and turning them
into stencil cutters.  There may be life after pen plotting for these
machines!

Bill Dieffenbacher

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> From:         Wolfe, Robert[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     DesignerCouncil Mail Forum.;Wolfe, Robert
> Sent:         Monday, January 12, 1998 3:19 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [DC] Pen Plotter
>
> I would tend to agree with the lot that say's donate. I have two such
> pen plotters here, both pretty much worthless, I couldn't even give
> them
> away to employees who did contract work also. Their feeling was save a
> couple more bucks and just by an inkjet, they are not that expensive
> anymore, the speed of printing and no paper rips just when it
> completes
> the last couple of lines on the schematic more than justifies spending
> for the inkjet. But if anyone  or school would like a Houston
> Instruments DMP-60 Series or an HP 7585B come'n get'em cause right now
> they make great dust collectors. I've tried many times to get the
> company to just donate them but nobody on the accounting or facilities
> side has been willing to do something. In short unless I wheel them
> out
> of the building myself most likely they will still be sitting here 10
> years from now.
> Thanks
> Bob Wolfe
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