fast network laser printer?

[pablodo]

any good recommendations on a b&w 1200dpi laser printer that is network ready, handles at least 11 x 17 paper or larger, and is pretty fast at processing and printing large files?

I am trying to replace a gcc elite xl 20/1200 that is just too slow.

pablo

 

[iSaint]

I'm not much of a techie but I know the HP laser printers are fantastic on any network I've ever dealt with.

 

[Sun Baked]

Do you need 11x17 with a small margin or a print area of at least 11x17?

Quite a few of the big business printers and the Xerox Copiers should be fast enough for you.

Though in a business setting one of the digital Xerox B&W Copiers would be awsome.

However HP does have some printers that eat into the Xerox territory, and are decently fast also.

The current version of the old 5Si -- the HP 8150 should be able to chew through 10k-150k pages a month. But it and the models above only emulate 1200dpi at up to 50ppm.

Need to go to their smaller printers to get true 1200dpi, with the newer print engines.

a HP 5000 series for a bit less than the big two printers... Still like the Xerox Copiers though.

 

[pablodo]

Ideally larger than 11 x 17 print area, like something that can print an 11 x 17 proof with printers marks. Aside form the 5000 series are there other machines that do that?

pablo

Do you need 11x17 with a small margin or a print area of at least 11x17?

Quite a few of the big business printers and the Xerox Copiers should be fast enough for you.

Though in a business setting one of the digital Xerox B&W Copiers would be awsome.

However HP does have some printers that eat into the Xerox territory, and are decently fast also.

The current version of the old 5Si -- the HP 8150 should be able to chew through 10k-150k pages a month. But it and the models above only emulate 1200dpi at up to 50ppm.

Need to go to their smaller printers to get true 1200dpi, with the newer print engines.

or an HP 5000 series for a bit less.

 

[Sedulous]

I dunno about B&W printing but we have a Xerox 6350 DP and it is fast. We often try to race after sending a printjob to see if we can beat the printer. Usually we lose. I would assume the B&W Xerox printers have similar speeds if not faster.

 

[Sun Baked]

Ideally larger than 11 x 17 print area, like something that can print an 11 x 17 proof with printers marks. Aside form the 5000 series are there other machines that do that?

pablo

From HP, probably not...

While the 5000 series "may" be a true 1200dpi printer.

The 8000s and the 9000s while they can handle volume, can barely handle a 11x17 print area (so no crop marks), and only are 600dpi printers emulating 1200dpi.

Which leaves HP with the 5200 and maybe the 5100, though I don't know what their true print area is even though the handle 12x18 paper in 1 tray.

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An 11x17 proof printer narrows the market down to the desktop publishing printers and I have no idea what is on the market now.