Advantages: Prints are massive and very high quality Disadvantages: Big initial outlay - unlikely to be useful for the average home user.
In the past when we have needed large format prints e.g. for health promotion campaign posters we have either done them by hand or outsourced them. Doing them by hand might sound like the cheapest option and its okay for one-offs but anything more than that has real costs in terms of ?man? hours. Outsourcing also has expensive costs and is only worth doing when you want a lot as this brings the cost per sheet down.
Due to budget restraints we have had to think much more carefully about how we spend our money and how we can also generate more income. This is the main reason we started to cost oversized printers. These have always tended to be expensive as they were aimed mainly at the commercial market but are now much more reasonable. We decided to buy the HPDesignJet 130, A1 Inkjet Printer mainly due to its price but also because ...
Advantages: Very Good Quality, Excellent SilverFast Software Disadvantages: Abit Large, Dust Removal Software Not Good
The HP ScanJet 8300 is a Professional Image Scanner from HP's Scan jet series. This is one of the top end ScannersHP manufacture and is ideal for the business domain. There is also an 8300gp model of this scanner which is a Graphic Arts scanner and has a monitor color-meter calibrator as a added feature ideal for graphic designers.
Now about the HP ScanJet 8300, the scanner has an OR (Optical Resolution) of 4800x4800dpi and will scan high dynamic range in 48bit colour. This is fine for transparency and negative scanning.
The scanner has a max reflection area of around A4 size. HP includes film holders which will hold 3 strips, 6 frames of a 35mm film. The holders can be placed in the base of the scanner for storage.
The ScanJet 8300 is supplied with HP's own photosmart software. I wasn't impressed with the scan pro scanning ...
Advantages: Prints upto A1 size, looks ok Disadvantages: Eats coloured ink cartridges
The HPdesignJet printer, was purchase from the dreaded PC world complete with stand.
**Looks**
It's about 1500mm wide, so it's not suitable for a standard PC desk.
It has a 50mm x 40mm display with three easy to push buttons.
It has an ocean blue strip on the lid and the receiver tray is the same colour.
The large lid lifts to show the internal parts, all printing stops if this is lifted - good safety feature.
To the right hand side is where the cartridges are held.
The stand is an optional extra but well worth it as it takes up a lot of room. This is matt dark grey, with a foldable paper catcher. The catcher is ideal for large A1 prints when leaving the room. (This is because if the prints fall the paper becomes creased, no good for issuing to others)
***Cartridges***
This printer takes an array of cartridges ...
Streamline workflow and improve productivity by bringing large-format color scanning in-house to complement your current large-format printing capability. Use the included software to integrate the scanner into your existing production environment. With scan speeds up to 3 in (76 mm) per second color and 10 in (254 mm) per second black-and-white, the HP Designjet 4520 Scanner delivers outstanding copy and scan performance and increases efficiency. Scan, then save, print or copy and move on to the next task. Use the HP Designjet 4520 Scanner to create scans that have a level of detail that is comparable to the originals. With a resolution of 508 dpi optical and up to 9600 dpi enhanced from three CCD cameras, and 0.1 percent line accuracy, your scanned files are indistinguishable from new output, and reproduce the original documents precisely. The monochrome Dual 2D-Adaptive enhancement technology produces clean and crisp scans even from poor-quality originals. The Designjet 4520 Scanner's integrated copy system features real-time printer, media, and queue information in the scanner user interface, copy accounting in the printer, and copy job priority capability. The advanced copy functions of the HP Designjet 4520 Scanner help you make copies quickly and easily. Enlarge or reduce images and adjust margins to create the ideal image. Use the nesting option to save media, and make large enlargements easily with the paneling option. You can also perform batch scanning with auto-naming and track your output by using the integrated accounting features.
