--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:04:01 -0500 (CDT) From: Laura Baker <[log in to unmask]> Subject: printer recommendations summary Sender: Laura Baker <[log in to unmask]> ---- This message is cross-posted to MAPS-L and GOVDOC-L. About a month ago I asked these lists for recommendations on a color printer that could be used initially for printing maps off the Web and eventually for further GIS applications. Several asked me to summarize the responses for the list, and I have done so below. Thanks very much to all of you for your help. Laura Baker [log in to unmask] Government Documents Librarian phone: (915) 674-2477 Abilene Christian University Library fax: (915) 674-2202 221 Brown Library/ACU Box 29208 Abilene, TX 79699-9208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of responses: > I just wanted to comment that the desk jet printers are a lot less > expensive and print well, However they do smear if the ink isn't allowed to > sit and dry for a few minutes. ******** > > My EPSON Stylus Color 800 is Hunky-Dunky for maps and other color printing. > My Library Director* favors these for our half dozen offices because of > features that prevent abuse by > impatient librarians and staff. For one thing, there is a long and > irritating self-test warm-up period for the first printing after a long > "rest" (even with the printer on) which discourages frivolous printing. > Of course, on a public workstation, only the first patron in a series would > experience this, if the printer was in steady use throughout the day. ******** Regarding the technical specifications for equipment for government depository libraries: > > These specs were written with the Hewlitt Packard DesignJet 2500CP in mind. > ******** > We just got a new printer at the Map and Geographic Information Center > here at the University of New Mexico, and we've been thrilled with it. > It is an HP DeskJet 1120C. We landed on this one for several reasons. > First, it is an HP and we've had good luck with the brand. Second, though > probably more important than the first, it handles 11x17" paper. Since it > is used primarily for our GIS applications, we wanted to have the larger > size paper available. Third, though we did not know about this until we > installed it, it gives a print preview prior to output. This has saved > lots of time and paper and ink. Many times what we thought we were going > to be printing and what we got were two very different things. Even the > print preview associated with the applications we use do not show as > accurately what will be printed as the preview software shipped with the > printer. > > It is reasonably fast, given what we are asking it to do and it has been a > workhorse so far. We've gone through three color and two black ink > cartridges in the past 2 months and it has not even flinched. Also, > because it is an "established" brand, the cartridges are readily available > and reasonably priced. > ****** > I'm a computer software engineer. I prefer HP printers because of > their high technology, quality and support. You can check the internet > site of HP or check a store that sell HPs. There are lots of different > models and sizes. It's good to buy the one with wide width (something > about 90 cm) that feeds the rolls of papers. They use cartriges of ink. --- End Forwarded Message ---