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We are looking to purchase a large format (up to E size) printer, scanner, copier. Does anyone have a suggestion for machine like that?
Thank you,
Canon/Oce' ColorWave series does it all
Quite pricey though
KIP 3000. Price is in the $15k area. But the per sheet cost of printing is a fraction of what an ink jet costs. If you are running even a moderate number of prints per month your overall cost, including monthly payments, is going to be lower.
I have an HP T2300 scanner/printer. Will do up to 42" wide. Stay away from HP, this has been nothing but trouble and the people at HP are worse then the plotter. It is also "a la carte" for options, it can add up fast.
Be careful on the scanner options on these all in ones. While HP is a pass through scanner it can only scan an 8 foot long plan. This may not be a problem for you but I have some roll plans I can not scan in one pass.
Also pay attention to the cost of ink and print heads. It is about $600 to replace all my ink and print heads. The ink now comes with a use by date. When ordering ink be sure you get ink with a long time to use.
See 15 Reasons not to buy a HP T2300 printer plotter scanner.
Sorry I don't have a suggestion for a good product.
We purchased a Kip 7170k about 3 months ago. So far no complaints with the exception of the "scan to" features.
Every other device we have that scans will scan to a folder on your computer including a $200 printer scanner, and they were very simple to set up. For some reason you have many options for where to scan to including email, google drive etc... but it is a difficult process to scan to your computer.
That being said, you can use the software to retrieve your scans, just not a great work flow to do so.
Overall though, we replaced an aging Zerox full size with this machine and it works great.
The best part is being able to scan in color.
Our office was able to secure a solid Xerox 8330 laser printer. It is a work horse and spits out good work very quickly. If I'm just running a single check print, typically I can send it to the plotter and it is done before I get to the end of the hall.
We have an old HP 1050C for our ink-on-mylar sheets. It works well, but it isn't without issues. But we keep it as our final recorded plats must be ink on mylar. Electrostatic (laser) plots are not allowed.
Evgeny,
I recommend the Kip 3100 which we have had for the last 6 years or so.... One of the best purchases we ever made, a real workhorse that's for sure.
We found it slightly used and got a great deal on it.
Dan