Looking for a 13 X 19 laser printer

[aaronrumple]

That is much better than the $50,000 system Aaron recommended.

Yes, but you haven't lived untill you can scan a 11x17 image @ 600 dpi to a pdf on the network in 1/10th of a second.... Very spoiled with this sitting around.

[Andre Baros]

That's exactly why we got ours. Now we have file cabinets sitting empty as everyone scans everything. And the interface on the Canon is so easy that EVERYONE is using it. "Havn't lived" is the right term.

[Jordan Truesdell]

Actually, the market for a printer that will do only B&W at 13x19 is very small. The biggest reason I can see for a 13x19 is doing oversize tabloid bleed proofs in the graphics design industry, and they all want color.

I actually picked up a designjet 120nr (network/roll feed/6 color) for about $1200 after the trade-in promo they had a couple of years ago. It's dog slow in best quality mode, but the output will knock your socks off on coated paper. The standard version, without the network or roll feed was about $1200 or $1300 without the promo, and would do sheetfed (250pg?cartridge) up to 13x19, and will print up to 24" wide. The current incarnation is the 130, though I dont' know what has changed.

What is your need for 13x19? That's an odd size, to say the least. 12x18 is full bleed tabloid/half size zrch D, and 11x17 is ANSI, A3 is 11.7x16.5. I'll admit I'd like a 12x18 to plot half size 24x36 Dsize sheets, but for the price, I changed my office print size to ANSI D (22x34) so I can print on an HP5si. Got the 5si for about $350 shipped from ebay, and threw in another $150 for a new fuser. Lots of paper storage, decently fast, duplexing, and dirt cheap to run. A side benefit of my using ANSI D is that I can do all my work on my sheets, an then just xref on an architects Arch. D (24x36) into paperspace and everything usually fits without my having to fuss with with detail sizes.

[cadkiller]

I currently print my check sheets on 11X17. I scale down a 24X36 sheet to fit that paper size and the text is just a tad bit difficult to read. If I could print these check prints just abit larger, than I would be able to see the text much better.

Another issue is the cost per print. I can buy a whole box of 11X17 paper for like 5 cents a sheet. I wonder how much 12X18 & 13X19 paper cost?

I wonder if you could put all black cartridges in the HP 130 be able to make B&W printing faster.

I like Andres idea about running several injets; but I would need about 5 to 10 inklets to equal the speed of one laser.

[Jordan Truesdell]

Can't put all black in the 130. Wouldn't help anyway, as the print speed is limited by the internal processor and head speed.

Of course, if you're just plotting for check prints, most printers will do 11.7" wide prints, since that's A3 width. I can asnwer your page cost question,"if you have to ask..." It will probably be double to quadruple in cents per page. It's just not a common size.

If you're primarily worried about check plots, the 130 is pretty darned fast. It's not the prettiest in the world, but it's good enough for most check work. I just ran a full sheet of fairly dense details on my 120 at draft quality, and it took 5 seconds for acad to plot, 15 seconds to initialize the printer (it had to wake up), and 25 seconds to print a 13x19 on 22" roll paper, including cutting the paper off. That's not laser speed, but its not too bad if you're running short sets.

[GreyHippo]

I get my 12"x18" from my local reprographics place. All they do is cut their 18"X24" paper in half. I think I paid about 12 bucks for about 1000 sheets, but we don't usually plot on that size.

About the printer. I have an hp laserjet 5100, it can print up to a size of 12.35"x18.5". It has places for two sizes of paper, although neither hold as mony sheets as I would like. We use it to print letter size and 11x17. It gets alot of use with out any problems (knock on wood).

[Andre Baros]

12x18 is a standard size from Hammermill in "color copy" but not plain bond. The color copy is a bit heavier and a bit more white, so it costs a bit more, but is not radically different. The 5100 can fit the larger sheets but I don't think it supports them.