Our client uses OCE's for all their volume work (I work on a client site that manages over 100 buildings). We use HPs for smaller volume stuff but I really can't recommend them, our T1300 has been anything but reliable. Two hard drive/controller boards and a carriage assembly in 4 years. It's fast and has great print quality in color, but we've easily doubled our investment in repair costs.
Mike Morey, CFPS, SET Planner Scheduler/Designer BMWC Constructors, Inc. 1740 W. Michigan St, Indianapolis, IN 46222 O: 317.651.0596 | C: 317.586.8111 [email protected] | www.bmwc.com ________________________________________ From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> on behalf of Ben Young <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Wide format plotters I've been asked to get a plan in place for when we have to replace our current plotter. We have an Oce TDS 600 which is hard to get electrical parts for, and the controller is causing our IT department all kinds of headaches. The TDS 600 is really a beast of a printer and hasn't been down more than half a day in over five years, so we're very happy with the Oce Brand. My issue is going to Color. Right now I'm looking at the Colorwave 500, which is slightly slower, but isn't inkjet based (gel toner pearls, instant dry, no special paper, etc.) Have others moved into color for their field prints? Obviously bid drawings are rarely in color, so I'm thinking only about 5-10% of the printing we do is going to be in color, and we average about 16,000 sqft per month. Any other manufacturers I should consider that can match the long-term reliability of Oce? So consumer reports doesn't test plotters, so reviews or other pro/con information is scant for me at this point, so I thought I would throw this out to the sprinkler forum people since we probably all have to print our stuff out at some point. Any input or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Benjamin Young _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org
