DBUG> Re: Printers

[Wayneapple@aol.com]

Hi,
    I am back inn the office so I can tell you what we  have. The 13x19 
(super B) inkjet is the HP Business 2800 Inkjet. We have a 42"  wide HP
Designjet 
800 for full scale plots. 
    The route I took was to require that a Continuous  Ink System(CIS) had to 
be available for a particular printer or plotter, for it  to be considered. 
Available  thru:http://www.macroenter.com/Continuous_Ink_Systems_s/504.htm
 
    The ink tanks are easy to refill with ink that you  buy from them in bulk 
at a small fraction of the cost of cartridges.  Both  machines use the same 
ink. Both have one black and three color cartridges.
    It just burned me to have to buy cartridges at  $25 each to replace the 
ink. 
    We also have a Konica-Minolta color laser (8 1/2X  11) that I have given 
up on because of its need for only Minolta toner  cartridges(because of chips 
in the cartridges) that couldn't be refilled and the  4 together cost as must 
as the machine. It made a bunch of noise when it  printed, like it was 
stamping out car parts, and often gave error messages that  said the toner
cartridge 
wasn't loaded when it was. In my opinion a  POS. 
 
Wayne
 
 
 
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I saw your blog on the DBUG bulletin board.  I too am interested in  
obtaining a new printer just for my CAD plots.  I spend a lot of money in  time
and 
material obtaining plots and would like to get a printer that prints  at least 
18 inch width.  I am not sure if HP makes one like this but I  would be 
interested.  The ink cartridges are very expensive, but I found  a site that
sells 
them for about 25% of the ones you buy in the store.   The site is called INK 4 
ART and I have had pretty good luck with them.   I currently use a canon 
printer that has 4 different ink cartridges:  black,red,blue and yellow.  When
one 
runs out you simply replace that one  as opposed to the 4 in one cartridges 
where one color goes and you throw it  away.  You indicated you found a 
different system that cost about $100  that I presume you refill.  I would be 
interested in knowing what this  system is all about as well as the printer
info.>>>>>>>>>
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