Service docs for older HP gear?

Hello Dave,

Thanks. They want $115 but if it's printed out that's not too bad. Blows part of a toner cartridge to do that :-)

Regards, Joerg

My understanding is that they sell you the actual book printed by HP, not a copy or CD.

That is correct... I have bought a number of HP manuals from them and they have always been originals. Their web site states that the manuals they sell are always originals unless they have been licensed by the manufacturer to replicate.

Hello Dave,

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The ones I was looking at said "reprint". But as long as that is clearly stated it should be fine. I might just go and buy one there but first I'll look for a pdf somewhere. A CD consumes so much less space than yet another binder.

Regards, Joerg

Did you look on Ebay? Lots of manuals are offered, not only in auctions, but also in Ebay shops.

Hello Nico,

I did. There were zilch for the 3577. Also, I have met a few too many people who got burned buying that way. I'd still consider it for a manual though.

Regards, Joerg

Manuals (including service) for most of HP older gear are available as PDFs from Agilent web site for free. I've got the full sets for HP 3456A and

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Hello Sergey,

Have you looked at the schematics in there? On the 3577 service manual the scan resolution has been set so low that none of the IC pins numbers is readable.

Regards, Joerg

No, I didn't, my bad... Seem like an exception for me, that service manual is just 8 MBytes... Service manual for 3562A is 28+ Mbytes, everything is quite readable. Some of the pages are upside down but it's not such a big problem :)) Did you try to get in touch with Agilent guys and ask them for a better copy?

Hello Sergey,

I know, it's on my hard drive. But the schematics are not readable. They scanned them with the resolution way too low. I wrote to their web master about it, let's see.

Regards, Joerg

Hello Sergey,

I did write the web master. Don't know if they want to go through the effort of scanning it again. I sure hope they do. After all, scanners nowadays have sheet feeders so you put the whole stack on there and walk away (hoping it doesn't jam, of course).

Regards, Joerg

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Agilent recently understood that gathering all these old manuals and making them available will help their image. But AIUI it really is gathering, i.e. from individuals personnal scanning efforts. So you get what these people give. Well, that's still better than nothing.

There's a yahoo group for old HP instruments users that might be of some help.