Printer recommendations?

My appologies if this has been covered recently, but I couldn't find it
with a search.
I am looking to do moderate sized prints (11"x17" or the next size
bigger) of assembly drawings in black and white. Can anyone recommend
a low cost printer of reasonable quality?
Many thanks

 

If you only need to go to 11x17, Epson makes some inkjets that are pretty
nice quality and reasonable cost. I'm not sure what the current model
number would be, mine is a couple years old and is model 1160

 

I have used the HP CP1700 for several years. You can still get them for
< $500. They print up to 13x19 color and BW
(does a good job on color photos) and there is a duplexer available so
you can print double sided.
Steve

 

Centerline,

I have been using a HP2500C for about 5 years now. It has been an awesome
printer. It has 3 trays and all of them will hold up to 13 x 19 paper (and
lots of it to boot). I have it setup with 11 x 17 in one tray, and letter
size in another. The 3rd tray is essentially a manual "use as needed" tray
for special things (such as labels) since it only holds about 10-15 sheets.
The printer automatically "knows" which tray to grab from depending on your
printing size.

It cost us a little over $1000 new, but it has since been discontinued. The
newer version of this is the HP2600C and it is priced somewhere in the
$800-900 range.

When we bought it and I started using it, I was so impressed that I wanted
to get one for home. But due to the expense, it never happened. However I
just looked on eBay and found several good used ones for under $200. I may
be getting one now.

I HIGHLY recommend one of these, even used!!! This thing has printed TONS
and TONS of prints without even a maintenance call. It has never even had a
hiccup, until just last week. I started getting errors on the display and
would not print. So I took it in to our local authorized repair shop and
they could find anything wrong with it. So I brought it back and its been
working fine ever since. Guess it just needed a car ride.

One thing though! It is a rather large printer. It is NOT one of those
printers that you will just sit on your desk next to your monitor. It
measures about 27W x 14T x 30D (with the large size paper tray installed).
I wasn't expecting it to be that big when it arrived several years ago.

 

Great stuff. Thanks for all the input!
Chris