Apple Color Plotter

dhugger · Jul 11, 2007, 08:20 PM

Hello everyone,

A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me an Apple Color Plotter. I was cleaning out some stuff in the attic today and came across it. It is in the original box, with the original receipt. It has 2 or 3 multicolor ink pens still sealed and one group of ink pens installed in its print head (the installed pens still work too). I've printed test prints on it, so I know it works. I've done Google searches and have found that there is absolutely no information on this thing... my guess would be that they're pretty rare. Could anyone here give me more info about this printer? I'm thinking of putting it up on eBay. Any thoughts on how much I might hope to get for it?

Thanks!
Derek

Spock · Jul 11, 2007, 09:08 PM

Pics??

dhugger · Jul 11, 2007, 10:11 PM

Pics huh? I'll do you one better... a pic and a video!

www.dhgrafx.com/appleplotter.jpg

www.dhgrafx.com/plotter.mov

-Derek

Spock · Jul 11, 2007, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhugger

Pics huh? I'll do you one better... a pic and a video!

www.dhgrafx.com/appleplotter.jpg

www.dhgrafx.com/plotter.mov

-Derek

Thank you, I think I could watch that thing for an hour, I used to always open my bubble jet printer to watch it print. That thing looks really fun to watch.

macEfan · Jul 11, 2007, 11:56 PM

Thats such a cool printer! I've only seen one of these before, and it was at a warehouse from a school disctrict. Good luck selling this piece of equipment! Its amazing how it prints... wish I bought one when they came out

madmax_2069 · 04:56 AM

the school i went to use to have one. these are very capable printers , yea you could not do the things you can on a printer of today. but its amazing with the proper software what this printer can do.

they will make great looking banners that i can say. it might be a little bit slow but a very fine printer. i dont think you could like print a web page out on it but simple graphics on it looks good.

the school had 2 printers one for to print web page like pages and this to do banners

have you tried mactracker to see if it has any info on it. if it dont get ahold of them and see if they can add it to there list.

gkarris · Jul 12, 2007, 11:11 AM

Box and receipt? I'll give you $50 for it shipped...

Really, we had one at the company when I was a Mac Support Specialist... Most of them out there broke and discarded due to the large amount of mechanics...

I working one complete-in-box and receipt?

Sly · Jul 12, 2007, 12:16 PM

In Mactracker you can see the icon for this plotter under the heading 'Apple Color Printer' however the details and photo do not match.

I used to use an A2 plotter similar to this with Auto Cad back in my University days. Could take an hour or so to do a complicated drawing, it was almost hypnotic to see you design come to life.

djbrickhouse · Jul 16, 2007, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sly

it was almost hypnotic to see you design come to life.

indeed!

gkarris · Jul 16, 2007, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhugger

Pics huh? I'll do you one better... a pic and a video!

www.dhgrafx.com/appleplotter.jpg

www.dhgrafx.com/plotter.mov

-Derek

Quite a find, essentiall new in box. You may want to share the pics, manual scans (if you can), and video with the apple collector sites? Here's your chance to update the community on such a rarity!

Thanks!

Jul 11, 2007, 08:20 PM	#1
dhugger macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Merrimack, NH	Apple Color Plotter Hello everyone, A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me an Apple Color Plotter. I was cleaning out some stuff in the attic today and came across it. It is in the original box, with the original receipt. It has 2 or 3 multicolor ink pens still sealed and one group of ink pens installed in its print head (the installed pens still work too). I've printed test prints on it, so I know it works. I've done Google searches and have found that there is absolutely no information on this thing... my guess would be that they're pretty rare. Could anyone here give me more info about this printer? I'm thinking of putting it up on eBay. Any thoughts on how much I might hope to get for it? Thanks! Derek
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macEfan macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Forbidden, you do not have access to that server	Thats such a cool printer! I've only seen one of these before, and it was at a warehouse from a school disctrict. Good luck selling this piece of equipment! Its amazing how it prints... wish I bought one when they came out __________________ Looking for: Nikon f2.8lense.
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Jul 12, 2007, 04:48 AM	#6
madmax_2069 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Springfield Ohio	the school i went to use to have one. these are very capable printers , yea you could not do the things you can on a printer of today. but its amazing with the proper software what this printer can do. they will make great looking banners that i can say. it might be a little bit slow but a very fine printer. i dont think you could like print a web page out on it but simple graphics on it looks good. the school had 2 printers one for to print web page like pages and this to do banners have you tried mactracker to see if it has any info on it. if it dont get ahold of them and see if they can add it to there list. __________________ Digital Audio, Yikes, Beige G3 AIO, Newton MP 2100, IIgs, P475, HP D530SFF, Wyse winterm 3360se http://www.Apple2online.com Last edited by madmax_2069; Jul 12, 2007 at 04:56 AM.
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gkarris macrumors 604 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In the stillness of remembering....	Box and receipt? I'll give you $50 for it shipped... Really, we had one at the company when I was a Mac Support Specialist... Most of them out there broke and discarded due to the large amount of mechanics... I working one complete-in-box and receipt? __________________ "This gate's plastic." Captain Carter, Stargate SG-1, "Touchstone"
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Spock macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Vulcan	Pics??
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dhugger Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Merrimack, NH	Pics huh? I'll do you one better... a pic and a video! www.dhgrafx.com/appleplotter.jpg www.dhgrafx.com/plotter.mov -Derek
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Sly macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Airstrip One	In Mactracker you can see the icon for this plotter under the heading 'Apple Color Printer' however the details and photo do not match. I used to use an A2 plotter similar to this with Auto Cad back in my University days. Could take an hour or so to do a complicated drawing, it was almost hypnotic to see you design come to life.
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