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Construction Printer

200 points posted to Printers and Ink by bapepper2 Apr 23

If you want to capture the printer market consider focusing on the construction market (the largest industry in the nation). My wish list:
1. 11x17 color
2. Laser
3. 2 trays (8.5x11 & 11x17 with 250 or 500 sheet capacity...reem of paper, duh)
4. front and back capable
5. scan straight to PDF
6. tough
7. networkable/wireless
8. copy (enlarge/reduce 10% to 1000%?)
9. scan (4800dpi x 4800dpi?)
10. fax (pc-fax)
11. print (fast)

Also need a portable see through scanner for scanning plans 8.5x11 would be a good start but 11x17 would be great. Similar to the HP ScanJet 4600 See-Thru Flatbed Scanner but without a back. You would just lay the scanner on the plans and be able to see what you are scanning. This is a huge problem for Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Owners... We usually have to disassemble 200 pages of 30"x42" plans, fold up the page you want and put it on a scanner. I can not believe that this market has not been tapped.

I would be glad to give you more feed back and help with product design features/testing in the field.

undead999
Apr 23		 The sale price for a printer as described would likely be $4,000 or more, is this inline with what a construction business would pay for a printer?
printers that handle large parper stock are not cheap. here's a link for a printer with similar specs for the low price of $7,868.16
...

http://reviews.cnet.com/laser-printers/xerox-phaser-7760gx-printer/4507-3159_...
sugarbear
Apr 23		 You can get a Brother printer already set up for this, except for the fax.
phubert
Apr 24		 Are you sure you want Laser? Look at the former Tektronix line sold by Xerox... solid ink, tabloid size, FAST.

Solid ink is less trouble and FAR less polluting.

NO cartridges. NO toner. I've already suggested Dell should offer these.

Don't bloody reinvent the wheel...

My suggestion is here: ****

http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/76061/To_be_more_GREEN_offer_Xerox_SOLI...
winoffice
Apr 28		 Most Dell printers now can only do 8.5" by 11"...I am sure however that many companies are interested in bigger sizes!
phubert
Apr 29		 HP and Xerox both have wide-format. We have an HP 2800 (our agency standard is HP) that does 13x19, for example. And, I know there are some outstanding HP 'plotters' (which today seems to mean a roll-fed wide-format printer).
winoffice
Apr 29		 It is desirable for Dell to offer a four in one (print/copy/scan/fax) printer like this.
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