Plotting on thick media/new plotter advice

Hi all,
Our company is shopping for its first A1 sized plotter and we have a special
feature request.
I'd like to be able to plot directly onto .033in (.83mm) thick paper board
for model/template purposes. We've been printing on standard paper then
spraymounting onto the thicker board. This has worked fine for the letter
and legal sized prints we've been using for this, but 24x36 is going to be
tedious at best.
The tightest radius the board can bend to is 1.75" (with the grain).

In a nutshell: I'm looking for a wide format printer with the following:
Monochrome
24" wide
roll feed
autocut
Output volume will never exceed 20 or 30 prints/week, average output will be
around 10 prints/week
Must be ethernet ready/friendly
printing cad dwgs almost exclusively, occaisional raster printing.
$2000 is our ceiling, approx.

If anyone can recommend a printer we'd be greatly appreciative.