We got a new HP Designjet printer last year, with some mixed results.
The printer works great, is very quick, and is a great improvement
over the HP large format printer we had before as far as speed, print
quality, and options. The've definitely improved their printers over
the years in these areas. Unfortunately they've got a lot more
complex too. Our first HP printer had ink cartridges with the print
head built into it. The new ones have the print heads in the moving
carriage assembly, and tubes running back to the ink cartridges that
are in a fixed position. This means that not only do you have to worry
about the ink cartridge going dry, but also the print heads going bad
and having to be replaced (which we had happen, and it leaked magenta
ink all over until we replaced it, and our drained ink cartridge from
the mess). Since then (6 months ago), we've had no problems with it
though. I guess only time will tell if it was just a fluke that
happened, or a common occurance.
Whatever happened to simple, good quality products?
Hope this helps,
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