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What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:19:16 GMT

We are considering purchasing a plotter for our 5 person office. Are there any plotters that work well with Archicad & Leopard? We are currently considering the Epson 7880 and 9880. Any suggestions on a good plotter?

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:30:15 GMT

You are right to be concerned with compatibility issues with plotters but hardly anyone makes them anymore. The Epsons are considered printers not plotters (at least AFAIK they do not support HPGL) and should work fine with either Mac or Windows. Even the HP machines are called printers now with HPGL sold as an extra cost option.

I don't have much experience with the latest machines but generally Epson and Canon seem to have the best cross platform driver support. HP has been quite bad about supporting the Mac with any of their professional equipment. (The consumer grade printers seem to be well supported but then they are usually tossed before they become too old for driver support.)

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:02:45 GMT

I guess "plotter" is the wrong word these days for what we're looking for...we are definitely looking for a large format printer (24"-44"w) that will not only print line drawings but high resolution images for presentation purposes. Your comments re: HP caught my ear since we've had bad experiences with HP we currently have their B9180 13x19 model. Great output but alot of problems with it printing at all. We eventually received a replacement model from them... long story.

Anyway, Just like buying a car the resellers we've spoken to so far are pushing what they have in stock verses what may work best for us. So we are looking elsewhere for a good recommendation. Our concerns are, low maintenance, reliability & COMPATIBILITY in our all MAC office & with Archicad.

So any addl suggestions are appreciated.

HP 800 42"

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:09:15 GMT

Have one..is great...Hpgl2 plots and fills can be problematic....so I typically print. Seperate ink cartrige and print heads are a plus.

Cary

ArchiCAD 12 build 2325 usa full
windows XPsp3

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:11:17 GMT

We have monochrome HP Designjet 430 large format printer from ADT days. We haven't had any problem since the time we have switched to AC10

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Mark Wallace — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:42:20 GMT

HP T1100 - 44"

Can work as a 'group' large format printer/plotter and works with all versions of ArchiCAD.

HTH's

Mark

ArchiCAD 12 2325 USA Full,
Mac G5 Dual 2.3 Ghz, 1.5 Gb RAM, OSX.4.11
HP T1100, Epson R1800

Mark R. Wallace AIA
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Mark Wallace Architect
P.O. Box 26537
Collegeville, PA

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Stephen Dolbee — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:51:05 GMT

We use a Savin 2404 in our office. This machine is incredible. You can print (from Archicad), copy, or scan up to 36" wide. It has been a tremendous time-saver.

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:33:38 GMT

we are also looking for a new wide-format printer/plotter

our current beast... an HP 750c has given up the ghost

we are looking for something similar..... though not necessarily with colour

are there large format laser-printer type machines that are fast an furious... but also allow for roll feed etc

any/all advice greatly appreciated

thanks i advance

yukioMishima

ps... i had a quick look at the savin 2400wd (online)... looks pretty cool... though very expensive

for what it is worth... we are an all Mac firm... and this would need to be on the network

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:50:07 GMT

Thanks for everyones input. We are leaning towards the HP T1100. According to its specs, it will give us the speed we need for line drawings plus very nice resolution for high quality presentation materials without the higher ink needs of a photo printer such as the Epson 9880 or HP Z3100. If anyone else has the HPT1100 .....please give us your feedback before we seal this deal.

Thx

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:17:05 GMT

techwman

according to the HP website this printer is no longer available

are yu looking at this one rather than one of their "current" models for a particular reason?

i too am also after something that does mainly CAD work.... is reasonably efficient with the inks... prints fast and not necessarily "photo" quality colour work

anyone?

thanks again in advance

yukioMishima

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:56:31 GMT

Actually the HP Designjet T1100ps IS one of thier current models. I've already spoken to HP and they have given me a quote. Here's the link if your interested... http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/18972-18972-3328061-12600-3328078-3338887.html

Our only hesitation at this point is we have a bad history with HP's technical support. But this printer just seems to fit our line print & high resolution's for photos also.

We'll see.

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:30:27 GMT

techwman

have you pulled the trigger on this one yet?

also

did you go for the postscript option... and what... if any... are the advantages of having the PS built in for printing out construction documents etc etc

thanks

yukioMishima

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:23:05 GMT

Pulling the trigger this week. We want the ps because we also print large graphic/photo presentation materials for alot of contracts & signs for clients sometimes.

Will drop a line when its up an running.

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:29:09 GMT

techwman

trust all went well with the purchase/ setup etc

anything to report back?

is it everything that you expected

thanks

yukioMishima

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:39:05 GMT

Product ordered! We're awaiting delivery...cause of the holiday we don't expect to receive it until early next week. I'll definitely post our results than.

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:17:29 GMT

techwman

anything to report

trust the install and testing went well

just OOI... where did you purchase from.... and what sort of price did you get

thanks again

yukioMishima

Re: What plotter works well with Archicad

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:54:05 GMT

Well we've been using the plotter for about a week now and everything is smooth sailin'. Easy to setup. Instructions were straight forward. True to its claims it prints FAST and without hiccup. So far we haven't had to do any high resolution prints yet so I can't yet comment about that.

We have printed from Archicad, Sketchup & Adobe Illustrator. The printer is setup on our network for 5 users, plugged it right into our Airport Extreme Router...voila, everyone had access. We purchased it directly from HP, they delivered it in 3-days FREE shipping. We paid $6,592 for the 44" ps model.

Of course I couldn't officially recommend it until after we've used it for sometime but so far we are VERY happy with its performance.

Great BUY!!!