My old HP OfficeJet Pro K8600 wide format printer

doane2u

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HP OfficeJet Pro K8600 wide
  • Comparing it to what I have been happy with my HP Office Jet Pro K8600:

  • I would say.. Eco tank or similar but not a necessity if I the ink is reasonable or replaceable
  • 13x19 or at least 11x14 Tabloid
  • No need for a scanner as I have a high quality Epson Perfection V600 Photo.. it's also old but still works perfectly, its very fast and has very high resolution. It also has a fairly large scan bed at 9x12 and has a back lit attachment for slides and transparencies that I still find useful. And I can place larger documents across the top and scan them in sections.
  • No high volume, but I would like a decent speed... maybe at least about 10s for a medium color quality letter size.. that was about the speed of my old HP and I was satisfied with it.
  • My HP was only three colors + black but it actually printed very good vibrant color prints. It was rated at 1200x1200 and 4800x1200 on photo papers and I was satisfied with that quality and I think they were dye based with pigment black?
  • The two print heads on my HP never needed to be replaced in all these years, so don't know if replaceable heads is that big a deal unless the printer gets up above $300?
  • I occasionally print on thick cardstock, so around 110 lb or 200g/m2?

  • Anyway, from what I've seen I think my best bet is the Canon Pixma iP8720 at around $220 13x19 5 inks and they are fairly reasonable at about $60 for an XL black + four colors, but it can take after market inks, unlike the Epsons now.

    Up from that is the Canon Pixma Pro 200 at around $550, but I don't want to spend that much.
 
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