Plotting black and white

[erikbjur]

I know this thread may be moved else where but I thought I would ask here. I only plot in black and white using Revit structural 3.0. I would like to purchase a plotter that works well with Revit. Here is the twist. I only need black and white. I have absolutely no use for color. In your experience. Is there a plotter (I don't care what brand) that works well with Revit, that can handle up to E size sheets and only does black and white? What do you do in your offices? My old office had a Xerox plotter that was black and white. It spit out a sheet every 3 seconds. It also cost more than any car I have ever bought. In your experience, does what I want exist for a reasonable fee. It doesn't need to plot super fast either. Even a sheet every minute or so is fine with me. I just hit plot and go for a hike or do some errands.

[rmcelvain.103137]

what's your price range?

[Tom Weir]

Hi,
Your plotter choice depends upon your volume. How many sheets a day do you plot?

We use a Xerox 6050 which handles Revit files fine.

Tom Weir
Los Angeles

[erikbjur]

I'm fairly new however business is increasing about 20% a month as I get more efficient. I would usualy plot 90 sheets a week. In an ideal world, I would like to keep the plotter under $1500 but it's not an ideal world. Like I said before, I have no use for color and don't really want to pay for this feature. I just need a simple plotter that can handle revit files well and isn't extreamly slow. A sheet every couple minutes is fine with me. I would just hit plot and go eat dinner. Each time I send plots to the local printing service, its about $100 bucks. The machine would pay for itself fairly quick. Thanks in advance.

[Tom Weir]

Hi,
How about an HP Designjet. I think that is appropriate for your volume, and price considerations. I am not sure how well it does with Revit though.

Tom

[rmcelvain.103137]

The HP DesignJets are very good. Work horses to the nth degree. I'm sure they would be as good with the Revit software as they are with everything else. I would recommend talking to your local resellers and setting up some test runs with the HP DesignJet, a lower end Oce, and a lower end Xerox. Somewhere in there you will find a good deal.

Also be sure to negotiate with whoever you purchase from. Not so much the price of the plotter but service contracts and paper supplies; you can make up a huge difference in how much you pay per roll of paper....

good luck!

[erikbjur]

Thank you for the advice.

[rmcelvain.103137]

No problem at all, another thing you might look into is refurbished HP DesignJets. I think you can check them out at the HP website....

[nole]

Hi there!
You may consider, say, Encad T200. It's color but You could mount 3 extras black cartridges (instead of color ones) and than, with 4 black cartridges, You can increase the speed of the already fast plotter.