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tomos:
Does anyone know of any printers (other than Epson - see below) that can print good quality graphic images from roll-paper

* Quality is important but,
* Colour accuracy is not
* Graphic images = mostly outlines (black) with some flat colours
I've got to print some graphic stuff up to a metre/yard long and 280mm/11inches high or else get it done professionally so I'm checking out the possibilities. So I guess what I need is an A3 (double letter-size?) printer that can print on a roll

I've checked out the obvious - Canon and Epson printers
Canon dont seem to offer this. Epson do, with the R1900 being the cheapest - which isnt cheap [€500] - this is a high quality photo printer.

So as said initially, I'm looking to know does anyone know of any other printers that can print good quality prints from roll-paper?

Darwin:
 :o I managed to mis-read the subject line as "Printers that print on bog-roll ?"

For printing on roll-paper, there's this line from HP:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF02a/18972-18972-3328061.html

tomos:
:o I managed to mis-read the subject line as "Printers that print on bog-roll ?"
-Darwin (October 28, 2008, 08:52 AM)
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seems to be a kindof a theme there for you lately Mike ;D

thanks for the link!

tomos:
For printing on roll-paper, there's this line from HP:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF02a/18972-18972-3328061.html
-Darwin (October 28, 2008, 08:52 AM)
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hmm, maybe the Epson is a bargain after all ...

Darwin:
For printing on roll-paper, there's this line from HP:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/sm/WF02a/18972-18972-3328061.html
-Darwin (October 28, 2008, 08:52 AM)
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hmm, maybe the Epson is a bargain after all ...
-tomos (October 28, 2008, 08:59 AM)
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Yeah, especially considering that the first HP that I saw was $14,000 and the second $49,000! I was pleased to have found one for you for $1,400 and change. Ingrate! Seriously, though, it does seem a bit odd to me that there are not more (obvious) manufacturers of these types of printers and at a more realistic price. Very small market, I guess...

I was thinking that used may be the way to go. Now that you've a couple of manufacturers and the descriptions to go on, might be time to search eBay, for a start. These types of high-end printers never really die, in my experience, so I'd check with regional governmental offices and surplus office supply stores, etc. Just a thought. Be careful about consumables, though - it'd be terrible to buy a printer you can't get ink or a paper roll for!

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