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Subject: Re: Red Laser Diode Rotating Drum Photo Plotter

From: "Andrew" <andrewm1973@...>
Date: 2006-04-30

> andrewm wrote:
> No - I will keep track. The index mark could be
> out by a pixel or two each revolution if the jitter
> is bad. Counting from the index EACH revolution
> you could end up with a spiral along the print out.
> (fairly obviously the errors could accumulate)

Opps - sorry - andrew was fairly obviously on drugs
when he wrote that. The error would not accumulate
would be a maximum of 1 pixel plus proccesor lag (
80th of a pixel) per revolution.