HP 250 - Loading Overhead Transparency Materials; Transparency Film Pens

Graphics Devices
Loading Overhead Transparency Materials
The HP 17055A Overhead Transparency Kit may be used with HP
Graphics Plotters to produce colorful, professional appearing
transparencies for presentation.
The kit comes with 200 sheets of special overhead transparency
film and a supply of pens in 7 colors and two line widths.
Additional pens and film may be ordered separately.
Special procedures must be used in handling the pens and film, as
described in the following sections.
Transparency Film Pens
The transparency film pens have a special fast drying ink for
transparency film. The transparency film pens come in two line
widths, which may be identified by markings on the top of the pen
body. In addition, the pens come in many compatible colors.
Because of the fast drying tendency of the inks in the pens, the
pens should be capped when not in use.
A pen should be checked after a period of storage by gently
drawing a warm-up line on a scrap piece of film before placing
the pen in the holder. Do not use pressure or the pen tip may
be damaged.
A dry pen can sometimes be restored by dipping the tip in the
special solvent supplied with the HP 17055A Overhead Transparency
Kit. It may take several minutes before the dry seal dissolves.
Try writing a line on a scrap piece of film. Repeat as needed.
For multi-pen plotters, you may wish to remove leftover ink from
the boots in the pen stalls using a cotton swab and solvent.
This will prevent the transfer of other inks to the plots.
The solvent may also be used to clean the transparency film ink
from the hands, plotter surface, or transparencies.
It is recommended that paper pens be left in the plotter after
finishing your application if the plotter is being used for
both paper and transparency film applications.
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Graphics Devices
Loading Overhead Transparency Materials
The HP 17055A Overhead Transparency Kit may be used with HP
Graphics Plotters to produce colorful, professional appearing
transparencies for presentation.
The kit comes with 200 sheets of special overhead transparency
film and a supply of pens in 7 colors and two line widths.
Additional pens and film may be ordered separately.
Special procedures must be used in handling the pens and film, as
described in the following sections.
Transparency Film Pens
The transparency film pens have a special fast drying ink for
transparency film. The transparency film pens come in two line
widths, which may be identified by markings on the top of the pen
body. In addition, the pens come in many compatible colors.
Because of the fast drying tendency of the inks in the pens, the
pens should be capped when not in use.
A pen should be checked after a period of storage by gently
drawing a warm-up line on a scrap piece of film before placing
the pen in the holder. Do not use pressure or the pen tip may
be damaged.
A dry pen can sometimes be restored by dipping the tip in the
special solvent supplied with the HP 17055A Overhead Transparency
Kit. It may take several minutes before the dry seal dissolves.
Try writing a line on a scrap piece of film. Repeat as needed.
For multi-pen plotters, you may wish to remove leftover ink from
the boots in the pen stalls using a cotton swab and solvent.
This will prevent the transfer of other inks to the plots.
The solvent may also be used to clean the transparency film ink
from the hands, plotter surface, or transparencies.
It is recommended that paper pens be left in the plotter after
finishing your application if the plotter is being used for
both paper and transparency film applications.
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