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#1 Jonathan Barto

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Posted 06 March 2020 - 08:30 AM

I am looking to purchase a new plotter.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

We prints both 18x24 and 24x36.

We do our prints in color

Needs to have wireless capibility

 

Looking for something under $2500.

 

Epson?  HP?  Cannon?

 

Probably print out approx 15 sets of 10 page prints per week on avg.

 

Thanks

 

Jon

 

 



#2 Stephan Page

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Posted 06 March 2020 - 10:04 AM

I have an HP Design Jet 130nr that my father-in-law gave me and it works good for me. It came with the roll-feed attachment too



#3 Allen McDonnell

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Posted 06 March 2020 - 11:08 AM

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#4 Warren Ducote

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Posted 07 March 2020 - 06:49 AM

I have a Canon iPF770 and I am very happy with it.



#5 David Zawadzki

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Posted 12 March 2020 - 09:52 AM

I currently use an HP T520 and have no complaints...


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#6 Sharon McNabb

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Posted 23 May 2020 - 09:28 AM

I currently use an HP T520 and have no complaints...

I have the same plotter David......I just changed computers and cannot get the computer and plotter to agree to print landscape properly from the multi-sheet tray.  Any experience solving this issue?



#7 David Zawadzki

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Posted 24 May 2020 - 08:06 AM

I have the same plotter David......I just changed computers and cannot get the computer and plotter to agree to print landscape properly from the multi-sheet tray. Any experience solving this issue?


Do you have the right printer driver loaded on your new computer?
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#8 Jon Davis

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Posted 26 May 2020 - 06:26 AM

I have the same plotter David......I just changed computers and cannot get the computer and plotter to agree to print landscape properly from the multi-sheet tray.  Any experience solving this issue?

 

Ditto... I just inherited one and can't get it to print correctly. It doesn't print anything, or it only prints parts of the information... I've tried downloaded drivers but that process

is not very friendly on the HP site. I did read where expired cartridges and print heads can cause the problem I'm having and the cartridges I Was given are WAY past expired. Print head probably never been changed either. Just hate to spend that $$ if it's a driver problem.



#9 Chris Proost

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Posted 26 May 2020 - 07:22 AM

We finally killed our HP T120 and upgraded to the T830 which also scans and copies. It has been awesome so far and the fact that I can get 300 ml black ink cartridges for it is a bonus! The only draw back is if it runs out of paper then it cancels the rest of the jobs in the queue to where I have to send them all again. Drives me nuts but that is the only complaint I have.



#10 Richard Rubinski

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Posted 26 May 2020 - 08:28 AM

Jon, give this place a call, they were very helpful when mine started leaving gaps on the page.

https://www.lpscomputer.com/
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#11 Rick Kingsbury

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Posted 26 May 2020 - 09:22 AM

I just bought a HP DesignJet T100 that I am very happy with.






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