Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

The pen plotters came from Tektronix and the inkjets either free or via -pete Late to the thread but I owned a HP DesignJet 1050C until recently. It's similar to what was on the curb in Arlington, MA I believe? They're beautiful machines. The ink carts can be had expired and will run. The

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

The pen plotters came from Tektronix and the inkjets either free or via Craigslist -pete On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 7:14 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 02/14/2018 06:47 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: > > I will be getting the model numbers this weekend and

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

On 02/14/2018 06:47 PM, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: > I will be getting the model numbers this weekend and again free in > Portland Oregon, if not found a home in a few weeks will be in a local > metal scrap yard. Pete, wouldn't these things be most common in college towns with schools of

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

I will be getting the model numbers this weekend and again free in Portland Oregon, if not found a home in a few weeks will be in a local metal scrap yard. On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Tomasz Rola via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 02:07:29PM -0800, Zane

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 02:07:29PM -0800, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: [...] > > No clue what the ink availability is these days. The ink carts > aren’t cheap, and if it has issues with the print head, someone > might have been running old ink through it. [...] If it is similar (somewhat) to

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

> On Feb 12, 2018, at 2:17 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: >> The model should be “1055CM". I used to support a bunch of these. Not a bad >> plotter. Definitely preferred them to the Versatec plotters they

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On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Pete Lancashire via cctalk wrote: If your in or near Portland Oregon I have a couple of the pen plotters and the early ink-jet monsters OB_Reminesce (rambling) of the good-old-days: The first time that I encountered a roll fed wide inkjet printer (NOT an HP one), about

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

If your in or near Portland Oregon I have a couple of the pen plotters and the early ink-jet monsters Price $1 each, you load and get out of the basement. Then parts units about at 50 mile round trip to/from the country. -pete On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 1:59 PM, Phil Budne via cctalk <

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote: The model should be ???1055CM". I used to support a bunch of these. Not a bad plotter. Definitely preferred them to the Versatec plotters they replaced. I suspect HP won???t support it. I ran into that problem with an earlier model, then to

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Phil Budne via cctalk wrote: Spotted next to driveway of 7 Central St, Arlington MA Model C6075A. Attached sign says "needs new print head" actually not at all expensive https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpcatalog/specs/provisioner/05/C6075A.htm is copyright 2006, so

Re: Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

The model should be “1055CM". I used to support a bunch of these. Not a bad plotter. Definitely preferred them to the Versatec plotters they replaced. I suspect HP won’t support it. I ran into that problem with an earlier model, then to my surprise I found a local outfit that would repair

Large HP plotter on the curb in Arlington, MA

Spotted next to driveway of 7 Central St, Arlington MA Model C6075A. Attached sign says "needs new print head" https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpcatalog/specs/provisioner/05/C6075A.htm is copyright 2006, so perhaps not "classic" and says: "HP Designjet 1055cm Printer" (tho