I've used HP plotters as long as I've been in business, but I'm seeing more Canon plotters in some of the property valuation offices and deed rooms. I haven't been able to get solid feedback from those people because they are using the plotter very sparsely. With the attractive price point and some plotter/scanner bundles, I'm interested in finding out more about them.
Anyone using a Canon imagePROGRAF plotter as their daily driver? How is it working out for you?
I started off with two HP plotters, a D and an E, 24 years ago. When they died I changed to the Canon in 2018. Very happy with it. Printing is sharp and it is fast. Easy to switch from paper to mylar for my record of surveys, and easy to replace the various ink cartridges. The only catch, and this may reflect my technical inability, is I have to use the interface on every plot to tell it to print in landscape. I've not found a way to make that preferance sticky. The cartridges are not cheap but I don't use that many. Be sure the Canon will fit through your office door (check the width).
Extremely happy with my Canon iPF770! No issues at all!
I have an old iPF670 that an architect gave me when he moved into a smaller office. Works great
I had an ipf670e that worked pretty well for 7 years until it stopped printing some images in CAD files (location maps). I gave it to a friend of mine and he's still using it. I bought a TM 200 to replace and it's much faster. It has worked well so far.
Gregg
Thanks for all the feedback. It was very useful.
Does the TM200 also do scanning? Looks like a reasonable price.
John from TN
It doesn't do scanning on it's own, but there are several companies that bundle it with a Canon scanner that mounts right above the plotter.
I have a 24" ipf670 with an integrated lm24 scanner. Love it. Reasonable cost and maintenance, relatively small footprint, light and easily transportable.
Follow up - with the positive reviews from here, I went ahead and got the Canon. It replaced a 19 year old HP Designjet 800.
Plotter - easy wireless connection and works just fine. Seems to plot just a little faster than the old HP (expected after 19 years). Crisp lines. Had to find a setting to stop it from cutting an additional ±4 inches of paper off before each print.
Scanner - pain in the behind to set up. Tried following the directions provided and was getting nowhere. The scanner was finding nothing during set up. Finally found a snippet online that says BOTH the plotter and the scanner need to be connected by Ethernet cable - so much for the easy wireless setup of the plotter. The scanning is fine and works quickly.