About NOS HP Non-Glossy Plotter Paper
04/09/2025
We use a lot of paper in our plotting endeavours. Here’s an insight in one of the cool plotter products of the era.
We finally got our hands on a really neat machine from 1988. We’re having a blast with it while testing and repairing it.
The HP7575A DraftPro DXL pen plotter comes from an era where craftsmanship was abundant. The limits of plotting technology were being pushed.
When we acquired it, it had been stored in a garage for about 8 years. Many of the pens were still functional, and the machine itself was in fairly good condition. We brought it home, gave it a thorough cleaning, and performed a full service. The only issues we identified were a broken grit wheel bearing clamp and some missing pen boots in the carousel. (A repair article will be posted here later.)
As you can see, it is operating smoothly, and we are extremely pleased with this addition to our workforce. This is a powerful machine. It’s fast and precise—just what we needed in our shop.
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We use a lot of paper in our plotting endeavours. Here’s an insight in one of the cool plotter products of the era.
The iconic cover of Joy Division’s legendary debut album “Unknown Pleasures” (1979) features a striking image of a pulsar’s radio waves. I always liked Joy Division (and New Order) and thought it would be a fun project to recreate the Ridgeline plot on a period(-ish) correct pen plotter. In this post the approach will be outlined without getting too much into details.
We have welcomed another big pen plotter to the fleet. The notorious HP 7596A DraftMaster II. In this post I’ll cover the whole process from buying an in unknown working state vintage plotter, hauling it back home, to getting it ready for some serious production work.
We believe every city tells a story. But what if you could not only read that story but feel it? Today, we are thrilled to launch Plotopia, our newest initiative that transforms digital map data into tangible works of art, drawn line-by-line by our collection of vintage pen plotters.
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