My Canon iPF755 takes about 1 minute to dry. Mike
> From: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:00:42 -0400 > Subject: Re: Wide format plotters > To: [email protected] > > Thanks all for the responses. My personal feeling is that color paper > drawings are somewhat deprecated by the large influx of inexpensive and > durable tablet computers. With programs like BIM 360 Glue, you can access > an entire 3D model of a building in real time with very little lag, and > also use GPS tagging and QR codes to get augmented reality output of tricky > install setups and such. > > I am a very pro-technology type of person, so it feels so odd to not buy in > fully to color paper prints, especially when the idea behind it is coming > from one of the people in our company who I would typically classify as a > Luddite. Maybe he misses the old HP450C we threw away 8 years ago? > > At this point, though, after talking to our Canon rep, the Colorwave 500 is > actually less expensive than the Plotwave 750 which would be the closest > match to our current machine. The TDS 600 does have a separate scanner, so > we will actually free up some space to possibly have another device if need > be. > > For those using the Canon iPFs, do you have any drying issues with typical > construction prints? I'm sure for larger prints or more color intense > stuff you would need coated paper, no? > > The big push in 'construction for color prints' from what I could find > Googling the crap out of this last night is that full color architectural > and other permit-type prints can save money on the back end my limiting the > amount of missed items and change orders, etc. etc. > > The problem with this theory, though, is that most of the A/Es we deal with > don't output color PDFs, they're all monochrome! So until everyone goes to > color, the benefit of printing construction drawing sets just doesn't > exist. That leaves just us printing our own drawings and/or overlays when > and if we directly get CAD files from other trades. > > Our company also does fire alarm, HVAC, plumbing and process piping, and I > color is pretty standard in the alarm field. > > > That all being said, if I can get a better idea of the output of the Oce > toner pearls, especially in black, if its close to the output of the B5 we > use now, then we will be OK there, since they cost roughly the same. Color > for our letter-size printer is crazy expensive, and they lock down that > printer pretty tightly. > > There is actually a sort-of consumer reports for printers as well, a place > called http://www.buyerslab.com/ but they're subscription only and I cannot > see how to even purchase a report or two from them, it seems more geared > towards people who sell printers and print services. > > -Ben > > > Benjamin Young > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 3:29 PM, Tom Duross <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've got an old Mutoh pen/pencil plotter back in the original box you can > > have for $1. > > My HP T1100 is a workhorse, very happy with HP. > > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
