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A3(+) Printers such as HP 1220C
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Does anyone have an experience with A3 or A3+ printers?
I need one for my design course at university, we often have to present A3 foamboards of our work and until now I have been usings a friend's printer for my work, which involves walking across campus several times per print to make sure things are aligned etc.
I am using an iBook and am interested in the HP 1220c. I know it "works" with OS X (according to the Apple Switch pages) but are there any problems that you are aware of? Or is there anyone out there using it without a problem?
Are there any others I should be looking at? I need quality at low cost. The 1220c is around £198 here in the UK, but I'm hoping to get one on eBay if I can. I also need a printer which is cheap to run. My friend's ink cartridges are fairly cheap and last for a lot of prints.
Thanks for any help.
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Forgot to say...
...I usually print from any of the Adobe Design Collection (PS, Illustrator, InDesign) if that makes a difference...
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Canon i9100.
FAST, prints borderless (!) A3+ and uses MUCH cheaper ink than the HP. Canon's OS X drivers are quite good, I should say... no trouble with OS X printer sharing (even when logged out), either.
Canon offers a PostScript RIP, but the Adobe apps print fine without it, and OS X Panther actually includes RIP ability, if you need to share it to the network as a PostScript printer.
tooki
(Last edited by tooki; Oct 15, 2003 at 03:33 PM.
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Thanks, looks like a great printer, but £375 is a lot for me to spend being a student. Thanks for the suggestion though, please keep them comming.
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Originally posted by drive-thru:
Thanks, looks like a great printer, but £375 is a lot for me to spend being a student. Thanks for the suggestion though, please keep them comming.
The only other large format printer I can think of that works with OS X is the Epson 2200. And that one is even more expensive than the i9100 ($699 USD vs $499 USD.)
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I would look for a second hand Epson 1160. Its not as flashy as the photoprinters (only uses 4 colors) but is reliable, reasonably fast, works fine under 10.2.6 and should be pretty cheep.
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Admin Emeritus Join Date: Oct 1999
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Ugh. No.
Unless you use the Epson constantly, it's going to clog on you and become a Nice Big Doorstop. (And it'll be a lot slower than the HP, and a LOT slower than the Canon.)
tooki
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