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Re: CAD printer question

> I ask here because some of you probably have large format printers for CAD. > I have a new HP 7000 inkjet 11x17 inch printer, and it's noisy as hell > during and for some time after printing. I want to know if it's normal for > this model. > > Thanks. > > -- > > Reply in group, but if emailing add one more > zero, and remove the last word.

I have a Brother 11x17 all-in-one, which cost $350 a couple of years ago, and works great for light duty use. I have it set up to scan via ftp to my laptop or my office server.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Anyone make a reasonably-priced 11 x 17 laser? ...Jim Thompson

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Jim Thompson

You can get a gently-used HP5000 series for about $400 on eBay.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

160 North State Road #203
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
845-480-2058

hobbs at electrooptical dot net
http://electrooptical.net
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Thanks. My "wife's" 11x17 deskjet is croaking ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

I have a HP Laserjet 4MV that is postscript and does letter / tabloid (11x17"). Great workhorse. Quiet too.

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Oppie

What's reasonable? Last year's Lexmark 11 x 17 color was only about $2,500 (a bit slow on the first page compared to the current model), but the cartridges are not inexpensive. Great for schematics. They mostly run around $3,500 and up.

Other than that, you're stuck with B&W or a cloggy inkjet. HP Designjet roll-fed printers ("plotters") seem to be pretty good at not clogging.

Tabloid lasers are big and heavy monsters.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Spehro Pefhany

My experience with large format ink jets has shown most of them to be "not quiet" :>

I think the problem is their attempts to make page printing times "reasonable" necessitates *long*, quick motions as the printhead traverses the page. And, the higher the quality, the more passes, etc.

I have an Epson R1900 (13x44 photo quality) that I hold onto for DTP. I discarded a Stylus 3000 (17 x 22 "drafting" quality) as it took up a *lot* of table space. (I also dumped a 2000 as the R1900 was more capable in roughly the same size).

None were particularly quiet. Lots of mechanism noise, etc.

Given my 'd'ruthers, I prefer dragging out a pen plotter for line drawings... never ceases to amuse me watching the pen dart around!

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Don Y

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