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 got some new gear. Really nice old sturdy gear from 1988. We were having a blast with it while testing and fixing problems.
We use a lot of paper in our plotting endeavours. Here’s an insight in one of the cool plotter products of the era.
While browsing through the book ‘Colour’ I noticed a fascinating drawing in black ink on white paper that changes colour right before your eyes.
This and more about recreating this artwork from the artist and teacher Arthur Hoener (1933-1987) after the jump.
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