| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Hello,
Before I take a hacksaw to my plotter, to convert it into a cut sheet
machine, I wouuld like to make a last desperate appeal for information,
since I would prefer to keep the beast looking smart and not hacked
about.
DOES anyone know, and can give me the phone number of a stockist,
anywhere in the world for the following.:-
1) Roll paper for a RICOH GP15 printer/plotter. The Ricoh number is R015
for the paper. It is a roll 15 inches wide, with sprocket holes at 14.5
inches apart, and 0.5 inch pitch.
2) Spare "FISHER SPACE PEN" ballpoint refills. (bog standard except I want
four colors if possible).
(This is the reason a nearly new, plotter that should have cost several
hunderd pounds only cost me 50 pounds!!!!)
Its my own fault, I was so overcome with greed at the thought of obtaining
a cheap plotter, I neglected to stop and say to myself: :WHY WHY WHY
is it so cheap " The guy who sold it carefully only said he had not got
any paper for it, not he could not get paper for it!
I have obviously tried Ricoh UK, I get referred to various stockists
who refer me to other stockists, by the time I get to the stockist +n I
get referred back to RICOH. In short I believe there aint no 15inch roll
paper in the world, I hope I'm wrong.
PJK.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 501.1 | maybe Unisys or NCR | CSOA1::FISHER | Al Fisher | Thu Jun 08 1989 18:09 | 8 |
Both Burroughs (now Unisys) and NCR (the cash register company)
used to manufacture wide carriage mechanical accounting machines. You
may try calling them to see about a source for such paper. There
used to be wide carriage teletypes as well. Keep trying -- someone's
got to have it.
Al
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| 501.2 | I'd like you to come to a party | WOTVAX::KENT | Fri Jun 09 1989 04:55 | 11 | |
Pat..
The other places worth calling are some of the Computer Paper
specialists they have all sorts of wierd things. I even saw continous
Micky Mouse Labels once. Two names that spriong to mind are compuprint
or Norprint.. These may be based north of Watford. Try the Yellow
pages..
Paul.
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| 501.3 | The pen jams in the perforations! | UKCSSE::KEANE | Fri Jun 09 1989 05:50 | 35 | |
re .2
Hi Paul,
I had a go round the yellow pages (Reading) already. I started with the
computer paper suppliers, then tried office suppliers and finally tried
drawing office suppliers. I can get any quantity of film and cut sheet
for HP or any of the common plotters, I can also get ROLL PAPER,
however its for Benson plotters and its four feet wide. I got a lot of
cooperation from some of the stokists. They actually took the trouble
to look at some of the paper vendors stock lists for me. The same
message came over time after time. Never heard of 15 inch wide roll!
I took the plotter apart last night and sketched out the way to turn it
into a sheet feed plotter. To do this to the plot mechanism is quite
simple. A couple of new ally side plates and two brackets, rotate the
mechanism thro 90 degrees, add a couple of pressure rollers and bobs
your uncle. The only bummer is that the power supply for the beast is
mounted behind the plot mechanism. With a roll feed the paper misses
the PS, with a flat bed sheet feed, the power supply will have to come
out of the box, and be put into another case ALA my ST. I already have
the ST and my modem pwer supplies on the floor under my desk, so
another one can only add to keeping my feet warm in the winter.
However I would rather not have to do this, please keep the replies
coming in!! (I will try some of the other computer firms although they
are difficult to approach.) I was told by the agent for RICOH that ICL
used to market this plotter, and ICL supplies kept the consumables. So
I rang ICL, yes they recognised the plotter, no they didnt keep paper,
no they didnt know where I could buy it, the girl slammed down phone. I
can see why customers can get pissed off with big company telephone
behaviour very quickly!
Cheers for now
Pat K.
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| 501.4 | Try DECdirect? | LDP::WEAVER | Laboratory Data Products/Science | Fri Jun 09 1989 18:29 | 5 |
Try calling DECdirect. We used to sell a roll paper attachment
for the LA34, DECdirect may have a source for the paper (maybe even
have some in stock, although I am not sure of the size).
-Dave
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