# Recommend a color printer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-color-printer/90407>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-color-printer/90407 "2001-10-30T01:09:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-color-printer/90407/1 "2001-10-30T01:09:50Z")

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My long time partner has to buy a new printer, and I’m lookin’ to y’all for recommendations.

She’s been using an Epson Stylus 1500, which is a large format (C size - 17" x 22" paper) color printer. Her volume has gone up quite a bit and she’s had to have the thing serviced several times. Now she’s selling it and needs a replacement.

She can get by without the C size paper capability, although she’d like to have that. Tabloid (11" x 17") size paper capability will be necessary. What she prints primarily are maps and there’re rarely more than four or five colors used and they don’t blend; so she won’t need super high resolution - 300 to 600 dpi will do. She _will_ need true black. Speed is a consideration.

I use an HP750c+ plotter that uses ink cartridges that have an integral print head, so you never deal with wearing a print head out because you’re alwys putting new ones in. I don’t know if there are printers in her area of need that use a similar system.

Cost is not a big barrier because it’ll be a company purchase.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.