Well, my trusty HP 110 plus died a horrible death yesterday I??ve had it for 21 years. This is a desktop plotter that has a tray for all sizes up to 18z24. Convenient and does not take up much room as I have limited space. You could feed a 24x36 sheet thru the back but I never did.?ÿ
I have accumulated around a 1000 sheets of 18x24 paper and Mylar over the years and would hope to replace this plotter with a similar setup. The ones that popup are all roll feed that I can see, if I have to do that, I guess that??s fine, but a waste of all the sheets. Sorry to be long winded, but does anyone have any ideas? ?ÿ
Thanks in advance!
I believe that you can still use your sheets in a roll feed machine if that is all you can get. However, you will probably have to feed them from the back of the machine. Haven't shopped plotters in a long time.
However, you will probably have to feed them from the back of the machine.
The Epson SC-T3400 takes sheets from the top, so it can be backed up against a wall and still handle both rolls and sheets.?ÿ It's a lot bigger (and more expensive) than an HP 110, though.
Those were nice machines.?ÿ The only problem was if you stopped using it for a while, the ink tubes would dry up, which is how mine died in a lot fewer years than yours.?ÿ You got a good long run out of it, it owes you nothing.
I have a design jet 210. It roll feeds.?ÿ
you can sheet feed it too. You can buy Mylar rolls.?ÿ
but my favorite is a brother.?ÿ
Last month I purchased an EPSON SC T3170M. This is a 24" wide color plotter and scanner. Has a roll feed and sheet feed. Works great. Much faster than my old HP500.
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It's been a few years since I gave up on my HP500.
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I was going to buy a new plotter, but, Staples is a 5 minute drive from my house. I simply upload a .pdf of my documents or drawing to the site, click on my selections, and voila.
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They deal with the paper, ink, and machine upkeep. I pay (what I see as) a very reasonable cost for prints. The print quality is great, turn around is reasonably fast even if you don't pay for expedited service, and the paper weight is nice.?ÿ
I got tired of my HP500 telling me me my half full ink cartridges were empty. Got a Canon 680. It's faster, uses the ink cartridge to the last drop. If you want to hang onto the past, I'll make you a great deal on a HP500.
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if you can still find a HP T120 designjet plotter somewhere they're decent plotters for the price. discontinued now but I picked mine up in late 2017 for around $650 and it's been good ever since. I rarely plot out entire plan sets with it as it's not the fastest but rather just cover sheets (ex cond, grading/drainage, EC, utilities, etc). ink will normally plot out ~30-45 sheets (busier plan sheets too) before I have to swap cartridges (normally ~$130 or so to swap). I don't keep this plotter for the price but rather the convenience and it sits on a small bench next to my desk. I would not say that its clarity is quite up there with some plotters I have used in the past but neither is the price tag (those were Canon & HP plotters/scanners that were easily 5 figures).
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this one seems to have replaced my T120 with the newer multifunction plotting/scanning unit. not cheap but for the price not bad either:
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in my opinion though, with surveying especially, it is tough to do without a scanner these days. some might argue the statement but having the ability to convert to a PDF or JPEG within just a few minutes or less is key. If I can find a combo next time I'm going to do that as I miss having that luxury only a couple dozen feet from my work space. Now I have to call the print shop for scans or large batch plots of plan sets
@t-ford Where are you located? The shipping costs have killed most sales. I attem
I attempted to donate it to a school in Southern CA, but the shipping cost killed the deal.
Another problem is HP doesn't have a driver for it that works with Windows 10. It only plots properly with Windows XP.