11 x 17 Ink Let Printer Recomendations?

[Anonymous]

I am in the market for a ink jet printer with 11x17 capability / capacity. Any recomendations? Would like to stay below $250 if not $200 if possible.

[Anonymous]

Epson 1400

brandonking1010 wrote:
> I am in the market for a ink jet printer with 11x17 capability /
> capacity. Any recomendations? Would like to stay below $250 if not $200
> if possible.

[Anonymous]

I bought a Canon i9900 to do up to 13x19 (12x18)
plots - this allows for TRUE half-sized plots of 24x36" prints.  It's
challenging to find 13x19" paper, but DataPrint carries it in stock and at
competitive pricing.

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I
am in the market for a ink jet printer with 11x17 capability / capacity. Any
recomendations? Would like to stay below $250 if not $200 if
possible.

[Anonymous]

if all i needed was a black and white 11x17 i would find a good used HP 8100 laser

[Anonymous]

I have a Brother MFC-6490cw Inkjet All-in-One Printer wireless networked , full colour .... excellent printer

see http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p1_Brother-MFC-6490cw-Color-Inkjet-All-in-One_233028_Business_Supplies_10051_SEARCH

[Anonymous]

second the recommendation on the 8100 laser. ours has over 500000 sheets on it

[Anonymous]

This conversation started back in January. I doubt he's still looking. I
recommended the Epson 1400, but now retract that after reading reviews.
Apparently it has lots of problems recognizing the cartridges. Also, if
you aren't using it for photo work, a photo grade printer is a poor
choice since it will cost you in ink burning up those light cyan and
light magenta cartridges just to keep heads clean. We ended up getting
an OfficeJet Pro K8600. 13x19 capable, pretty quick, with jumbo
cartridges available, 1 per color, and according to HP, actually lower
cost of ownership (cheaper to buy and use) than lasers in its price
class, which would be only 8.5 x 11.

c.henry wrote:
> second the recommendation on the 8100 laser. ours has over 500000 sheets
> on it

[Anonymous]

Jerry
Been almost a moth since your post.....
How has the K8600 been working and is it still a printer you might recommend
I am "that close" to purchasing a K8600dn.

Jerry, please, before I go out on a limb, what say you?

Jim Longley

[Anonymous]

Ink usage good, speed good if you set to fast normal (which makes it
bidirectional at minor expense of accuracy which is still better than my
eyes can see.). Jams frequently so you need to place it where it can be
accessed easily. Called HP and got Indian tech support who made me run
through routines that I told them I had done many times and told me to
look at a webpage that told how to unjam the printer, as though I hadn't
already done that numerous times. They promised a replacement which we
haven't seen yet. Prefer Epson's tech support which is much more
responsive and will actually send replacements when they say they will.
Unfortunately Epson doesn't make wide printers that aren't intended for
photo work, and buying photo inks all the time that you don't need is a
waste of money.

I think jamming is really a design issue as the paper tray doesn't have
a high enough lip on the right side to insure alignment of a larger
stack of paper, so paper isn't always pulled in straight.

Printer is on the main server running XP Pro, as do I, and one of the
users is running Vista 64 and his system has a major delay when
accessing the printer. Funny thing is that he has no delay accessing the
plotter on a printserver while I have that delay when I access the
printserver and not when I access the 8600

longleyje wrote:
> Jerry Been almost a moth since your post..... How has the K8600 been
> working and is it still a printer you might recommend I am "that close"
> to purchasing a K8600dn. Jerry, please, before I go out on a limb, what
> say you? Jim Longley

[Anonymous]

Jerry
Thanks for your comments.

I appreciate this, and without trying to consume your time......

The K8600 series seems to be otherwise a good bang for the buck (Canadian bucks in this case). The DesignJet 90's, for example being some 3X more 😞

This would be a low volume application... might I assume (dangerous I know), form your comments, that if the paper tray was something less than full, then jamming might be less to no problem?

I read your comments, other than the jamming issue, as being "positive" as to the K8600 ???

If you prefer to rely off goup, you may also contact me at:
jim dot longley at ns dot sympatico dot ca


Thanks
JimL

[Anonymous]

We print a lot. We use the 8600 to print in-house small jobs and to
print from pdf's for estimating/bidding. Because of the slow market, we
bid anything and everything, even jobs we used to ignore. That means a
lot of paper goes through the printer. In the first 2 weeks we put 770
pages through the printer using up factory starter black and about 1/2
of the high capacity replacement black. Starter Magenta and Cyan are
down to 50% and Yellow down to 33%. The jamming problem is paper size
related since the lip issue disappears with smaller paper. Reducing the
stack reduces the problem a little, but too small a stack brings it
back, and having to stand by the printer every time you send 30 pages to
keep refilling or unjamming is a real pain. The 90's also have poor
reviews and use photo inks. In fact they have a bigger set up for photo
carts than for the standard CMYK inks.

Where are you in Canada? I'm an expatriate myself having left Montreal
shortly after Levesque came into office. (No jobs for new grads at the
time.)

longleyje wrote:
> Jerry Thanks for your comments. I appreciate this, and without trying to
> consume your time...... The K8600 series seems to be otherwise a good
> bang for the buck (Canadian bucks in this case). The DesignJet 90's, for
> example being some 3X more 😞 This would be a low volume application...
> might I assume (dangerous I know), form your comments, that if the paper
> tray was something less than full, then jamming might be less to no
> problem? I read your comments, other than the jamming issue, as being
> "positive" as to the K8600 ??? If you prefer to rely off goup, you may
> also contact me at: jim dot longley at ns dot sympatico dot ca Thanks JimL

[Anonymous]

Jerry


Liverpool, Nova Scotia 😄

Well... I think I will get a K8600dn. This will be for start up home office. Sort of for supplemental retirement income, so initial (as well as printing) cost are an important factor. Seems no one printer model/brand is going to be all things - especially when manufacturers are trying to produce as cheaply ( I mean as low of cost ) as possible.

So, it will take me awhile to go through 770 sheets, so I should experience jams perhaps, but on a much lower (and livable?) frequency. (maybe!?!)

I've been in the Engineering offices of a Pulp and Paper Co for last 35 years. Starting on the board, learning VersaCAD and progressing (moving??) to AutoCAD since..... wait for it..... Release 13 🙂

Right now I am doing a 40 or so sheet set of building drawings ( volunteer service, not paying) and there is still nothing like a paper copy to review, to get a feel of lineweight/presentation (a lot of 1/8=1' scale use)

This is why I have been considering the HP K8600 - it is about the most inexpensive "B-Size" printer I could find (Well A3+ size for 1/2 size D-sheets as well)

Thanks

JimL

[Anonymous]

Just discovered something interesting. I was wondering why yellow was
going so fast. There are 2 separate printheads in the printer, each one
handling 2 colors. The black prinhead is also the yellow printhead, so
maybe the more rapid use of yellow is a result of printing so much black.


If you use the duplexing on 12x18 or such paper expect even more
jamming, since the extra paper handling will mean even more opportunity
to jam.


longleyje wrote:
> Jerry Liverpool, Nova Scotia 😄 Well... I think I will get a K8600dn.
> This will be for start up home office. Sort of for supplemental
> retirement income, so initial (as well as printing) cost are an
> important factor. Seems no one printer model/brand is going to be all
> things - especially when manufacturers are trying to produce as cheaply
> ( I mean as low of cost ) as possible. So, it will take me awhile to go
> through 770 sheets, so I should experience jams perhaps, but on a much
> lower (and livable?) frequency. (maybe!?!) I've been in the Engineering
> offices of a Pulp and Paper Co for last 35 years. Starting on the board,
> learning VersaCAD and progressing (moving??) to AutoCAD since..... wait
> for it..... Release 13 🙂 Right now I am doing a 40 or so sheet set of
> building drawings ( volunteer service, not paying) and there is still
> nothing like a paper copy to review, to get a feel of
> lineweight/presentation (a lot of 1/8=1' scale use) This is why I have
> been considering the HP K8600 - it is about the most inexpensive
> "B-Size" printer I could find (Well A3+ size for 1/2 size D-sheets as
> well) Thanks JimL