info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (01/04/85)
From: John Sutter <eng20201%BOSTONU.bitnet@WISCVM.ARPA> ----- We are going to buy a plotter. If anyone has had experience with any currently on the market I would appreciate their comments on them and their compatibility with DI-3000 drivers. Thanks John Sutter Boston Univ. College of Eng. -----
info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA (01/07/85)
From: Enzien.WBST@XEROX.ARPA John, We have been using DI-3000 with several hardcopy devices for three or four years. If you are looking for a pen plotter - you CANNOT beat Hewlett Packard - we've had two older models running under DI-3000 very successfully. Now they've come out with faster and cheaper models: HP 7550 - 8 pens w/ automatic sheet feed - A or B size $4000 HP 7470 - 2 pens $1095 HP 7475 - 6 pens $1895 If you have a "production" environment you'll need the 7550 - we had to write some software to facilitate the automatic sheet feed (labeling plots too) in the DI-3000 driver - maybe PVI has that available now. If you need better resolution or speed - you might look at the new Tektronix 4692 - they call it a Color Graphics Copier - it's ink jet technology - don't know if PVI supports this yet but I imagine they will eventually. Colleen Enzien Xerox Corporation Webster Research Center