My old HP OfficeJet Pro K8600 wide format printer

[doane2u]

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

 

[thebestcpu]

Sounds like a suitable replacement for your HP K8600.
The Canon Pixma iP8720 also has a pigment black and dye-based color ink cartridges.
The only thing to check is what card thickness you want supported. What I found online was this:

The PIXMA iP8720 can use plain paper that is 17 to 28 lb (64 to 105 g /m2) (except for Canon genuine paper), and non-Canon genuine specialty paper that is up to 53 lb (200 g /m2). We do not recommend using paper that is lighter or heavier than these paper weights in the printer, as they may jam or do damage to the printer.​

So, if you want heavier card stock, you will want to look for something different.
Hope that helps
John Wheeler