Printing/xml-plotter-2

carlos (also known as xml-plotter-2)

BBC Metrawatt SE-283

2023-10-30 First inspection

• carlos is a BBC Goertz Metrawatt SE-283.
• carlos is full of dust and broken bits of cogs.
• carlos is like a siemens c1630 (Operation manual in the webarchive).
• carlos has ten black screws on the bottom they're all the same.
• carlos has four silver screws inside the pen holder, one facing up with a washer and three facing sideways behind where the pens go.
• carlos speaks two languages, HPGL and GGL.
• carlos knows the difference between ANSI and ISO.

First conclusion

• carlos needs a new ribbon cable and two new cogs at the x and y motors and a gasket on the paper motor.