Printing/xml-plotter-1

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Revision as of 12:25, 18 December 2023 by Thijshijsijsjss (talk | contribs) (Add notes on 3d printed part and plotter heist)

2023-10-30 First inspection

  • it's a HP7475 A3 plotter coming from WdKA
  • its printed on it:
    • "craps out midway"
    • "unreliable"
  • something is broken in the pen plotter holder mechanics. maybe its fixable
  • it can receive data from the computer, but after some movement there is an error code
  • maybe a problem with the motor/encoder???

2023-10-30 3d printed Carousel part

A broken part is 3d printed that is supposed to fix the carousel. (photo incoming)

2023-11-24 Blue tapeification

  • Sometimes the paper would get stuck in a ridge. Alessia and Thijs fixed this by covering the ridge with a piece of blue tape. (photo incoming)

2023-12-14 Plotterheist and notes by Thijs

December 13th, the final day before the holidays, Manetta and Joseph encouraged Thijs to take home a plotter. (Someone has to feed it paper over the break) The 14th, Alessia and Thijs organized a plotterheist. The plotter safely made it's way to Thijs's place.

Some notes by Thijs:

  • The printer will often throw an error when drawing manually. Maybe issues around the bounds?
  • Something is still off with the carousel. When the plotter starts, it sounds like something is stuck for ~5 seconds, before the carousel starts rotating.