Plotter having continuously moving carbon paper handling system

A plotting system having a plotting device in which a continuous web of paper to be plotted is spread on a supporting surface of a table, wherein the paper traverses the table from a supply location to a take-up location and wherein a continuous web of carbon paper is spread on the supporting surface of the table, wherein the carbon paper traverses the table from a supply location to a take-up location, comprising:

• first means for periodically advancing the paper across the surface of the table from the supply location to the take-up location;
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• second means for continuously advancing the carbon paper across the surface of the table from the supply location to the take-up location while the plotting device plots on the paper.

A system for plotting information on paper supported on a work surface and including a plotting device movable over the work surface and wherein carbon paper is utilized for generating a hectographic stencil comprising:

• means for periodically advancing the paper across the work surface;
• and
• means for continuously advancing the carbon paper across the work surface as the plotting device moves over the work surface to thereby plot the information on the paper and generate the hectographic stencil, such that forces generated between the paper and the carbon paper as the paper is plotted are minimized to enable the plotted paper to be periodically advanced across the work surface.

A plotting system for plotting a hectographic stencil on paper supported on a work surface and including a plotting device movable over the work surface wherein hectographic carbon paper is disposed between the paper and the work surface comprising:

• means for periodically advancing the paper across the work surface;
• and
• means for continuously advancing the hectographic carbon paper across the work surface as the plotting device moves over the work surface to thereby minimize forces generated between the hectographic carbon paper and the paper as the paper is plotted.

A method for generating a hectographic stencil comprising the steps of:

• periodically advancing paper across a work surface;
• and
• continuously advancing carbon paper across the work surface as the paper is being plotted to generate the hectographic stencil.