TM 5-6675-323-14
CHAPTER 3
GRAPHICS PLOTTER
Section I INTRODUCTION
GENERAL INFORMATION.
3-1.
3-1.1
Scope.
Model HP-9872B and HP-9872C X-Y Graphics
a. Model Number and Equipment Name.
Plotter.
( 1 ) O p e r a t i n g in s t r u c t i o n s f o r t h e H P - 9 8 7 2 B p l o t t e r a r e c o n t a i n e d i n
paragraphs 3-2 through 3-10.
F o r maintenance, contact closest vendor service
center.
(2) Operating instructions for the HP-9872C plotter are contained in
paragraph 3-11 through 3-16.
If maintenance by vendor service personnel is not
available, maintenance procedures for the plotter are found in paragraphs 3-17
through 3-29.
P u r p o s e of Equipment. To produce data o r i n s t r u c t i o n s f r o m a c o n t r o l l i n g
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computer in a permanent, multicolor, printed, or graphic form.
3-1.2 Glossary.
A u t o m a t i c parameters and
Default
Condtions
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conditions for program
statements set by factory.
Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor.
MOS . . . . .
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Programming command re-
Program Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
cognized by plotter's
internal circuits.
R e a d Only Memory. Cannot
ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
b e changed by operator.
RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
R e a d e r Addressavle Mem-
o r y . Can be changed by
operator.
Statement
Parameters
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plotter programming
Normally a
statement.
set of tolerances.
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