Anyone have information on the Roland DXY-880 pen plotter?

[olePigeon]

I can't find any information on this plotter, and how it compares to the 1100, 1200, and 1300 (of which there is a lot of information.)

 

[g4ugm]

I don't think its much different. Certainly the HPGL is compatible, I think I have the manuals somewhere. I'll see if I can find them.

 

[olePigeon]

That would be awesome, thanks. I like the desktop, upright plotters with the XY gantries, and I'm mulling on buying a Roland. However, I can't find any info on the 880 which is the one for sale. I currently have an HP 7475A, which works fine, but those XY plotters are so much more fun to watch.

 

[g4ugm]

I looked and I don't think I have any docs for the DXY-880. Its the first Roland I bought (I also have an 1100 and a 1200 and a DPX-3300). In general the same code works on all the plotters and mostly on the HP7475A. (I have one of those as well, also an Hitachi, Epson and another one that I can't remember). If you are familiar with the HP I don't think you will have any problems.

It is nice to watch. I wrote an "Hangman Program" and took it to an exhibition. It went down really well. The only issue I had is that the pen clip is "flimsy" and needed tweaking as it dropped pens......

Dave

 

[g4ugm]

I will have a proper look at the weekend. I am moving the computer room round so every thing is in the wrong place. If you ask on the Roland support forums they may have a manual they can send you. I got a manual from the DPX-3300 from Roland!

http://www.rolandforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2889

Dave

 

[olePigeon]

Thanks for the effort. I missed out on the auction on the DXY-880. However, a few weeks later I ended up snagging a brand new Roland DXY-1150. This is a much more common printer, and I think one of their last pen plotters. So I'm all set. Paid a pretty penny for it, though. However, I'm gonna have a lot of fun with it. I have all sorts of ideas. I tested an adapter with my HP pen plotter so I could use metallic pens on it, and it worked! So my next project is to get some various colored gel pens (the kinda that you can write on dark surfaces) and I want to recreate vector arcade screens and print them to some matte black card stock. Hang 'em on my wall. Some Tempest, Asteroids, Star Wars... who knows what else. Gonna be fun.

Only problem with my nifty new printer is that it didn't come with the packet of pens, which also included a very handy dust cover and the spacers for aligning the paper.

I think it uses the same pens as the HP plotter.

 

[Yancy Fry Jr.]

I will have a proper look at the weekend. I am moving the computer room round so every thing is in the wrong place. If you ask on the Roland support forums they may have a manual they can send you. I got a manual from the DPX-3300 from Roland!

http://www.rolandforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2889

Dave

Hello! I found this thread when searching for a DPX-3300 manual. Would you be able to share the manual you got from Roland?

 

[g4ugm]

I sent you a one-drive link....

 

[DXY]

I can't find any information on this plotter, and how it compares to the 1100, 1200, and 1300 (of which there is a lot of information.)

I have two, working and a pristine operation manual. I also have four other flatbed plotters they are and always were a thing of beauty. Used to programme them in basic for work to plot drawings. They still work even from windows 11, if you know how. I wrote a spirograph type mathematical function that plots pretty patterns.

 

[paulwilco]

Hi DXY,

I am trying to get a Sekonic SPL-450 plotter which is Roland driver compatible to work for a vintage computer room in a museum i volunteer in. I cant get it to work reliably, i'm currently trying with Windows XP with a Roland DXY-990 driver. How do you get you plotters to work with modern operating systems?

 

[g4ugm]

Hi DXY,

I am trying to get a Sekonic SPL-450 plotter which is Roland driver compatible to work for a vintage computer room in a museum i volunteer in. I cant get it to work reliably, i'm currently trying with Windows XP with a Roland DXY-990 driver. How do you get you plotters to work with modern operating systems?

I don't! If its on a serial port just write programs in BASIC or FORTRAN than talk HPGL. If its on a printer port, you can install the simple text printer driver but I tend to use mine from Vintage equipment.