Obsolete printerlab

The obsolete Printer lab

This is a proposal to create a place for a small collection of obsolete printers within the Publication Station.

Collection of digital mostly office machines from the past, with a diversity of print techniques. The challenge to is get all off them all in a working state.

The techniques and the machines

• Penplotter - HP 7475A A3 penplotter / HP DraftMaster A0 penplotter
• Dot matrix printer - Fujitsu DL6600 Pro matrixprinter / Tally T2340 24 matrixprinter
• Thermal printer - receipt printer - fax - labelprinter

• Daisywheel printer - Automatic typewriter Brother EM-701 fx / Silverreed EXP 400 Daisy Wheel Printer
• Solid ink wax based - Xerox tektronix 8400DX Color printer

Printing network

Create a smal network to connect al the printers. Preferably we want a a set up we the a printer is connected to the network or to a computer in this network.

• Mac pro met linux (unbuntu)
• Printserver with paralel and seriële ports
• Raspberry pi's as printserver
• Nec MultiSync V423-TM touchscreen - Intel stick with Windows 10