Re: using printer motors

Elliot,
Pay no attention to the man behind that curtain!


Check out:

http://www.luberth.com/plotter/plotter.htm

Click on the links on the left hand side. They are places
where people build CNC machines and plotters from printer
parts. Check out Florin.

Bob

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "Elliot Burke" <elliot@h...> wrote:
> Has anyone hacked a Epson inkjet printer? I have a model 600.
> The across the paper mechanism looks like it will work for a
project.
> There is a power supply, motor driver, slides, belt.
>
> How to get pulses from my computer to the Epson (stepper?) motor?
>
> A schematic might help.
>
> Ideas?
>
> Elliot