Thanks so much for all your feedback! Please keep them coming. I will summarize your responses. It's also good to know that MapInfo cannot handle postscripts. We tried, but it didn't work. I thought it was because we weren't using a RIP device... but maybe that's just a MapInfo problem. It seems, at this point, a lot of us are using HP's... thanks, Susan
On 10/27/05, Barbara H. Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most of my clients are related to the mining industry, and as such seem to > like to produce the largest size map possible with some form of raster > base > with both solid and transparent fills. This can become a nightmare when > trying to produce plots. At this point the standard plotter for this > industry is some variety of an HP Designjet. Due to the limitations > imposed > by MapInfo, these plotters offer more resolution than MapInfo can handle > for > the larger size plots and needs to be 'tweaked' to get the plotter/MapInfo > to work together - so latest and greatest may not be worth the money if > they > can't work well with MapInfo. There are directions included in the MapInfo > Printer guide that are quite helpful. > > Another couple of items to add to the list are 1. MapInfo does not work > with > PostScript so stay away from that. 2. When working with the HP plotters, > we > always set the processing to be handled on the computer - it's MUCH faster > for output time. That's true even with networked plotters. > > Hope that helps a bit. > Barbara > > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Yu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:57 PM > To: mapinfo-l@lists.directionsmag.com > Subject: MI-L Best Plotter for MapInfo > > Hi everyone, > > I tried to do a search on this topic, but wasn't able to find answers. > > Currently we are looking to upgrade our plotters. We have an HP Designjet > 1055CM connected through our corporate network. I find that the plotter in > general is good (print quality-wise) with only a bit of "banding" streaks > for solid fills... but then I have nothing else to really compare it with. > Due to some complex and detailed graphics that we use, it takes time to > plot > large Arch E-sized maps (One example we tested took ~40 min from > MapInfo... > which is actually not too bad. We've seen it take 1-2 hrs for more complex > maps.) The other issue is that when we "spool" our maps to the plotter, we > can't touch the computer. If we do, sometimes, the information sent to the > plotter gets messed up and prints parts of the map in gray. So to go > around > it, we set the map to print, have a very long break and come back once the > map has finished spooling to the plotter. Although we've learned to live > with these limitations, a recent visit from the folks at Xerox and their > promises of better and faster plotters than our HP made us wonder what > other > MapInfo users are using for plotters. I'm really curious to know what > other > MapInfo users are using. > > So my question is more of a poll: > What plotters are you using, and how do you find it performs with MapInfo? > (pros and cons). Does anyone have Xerox plotters? Anyone have preferences > to > brand? (i.e. HP vs. Epson vs. Canon etc....) > If you had all the money in the world, what plotter would you buy and why? > ( > i.e. what's the latest and greatest out there?) > > And any additional comments you might have regarding this... > > By the way, we're based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - if that makes any > difference. > > Thanks! I look forward to your responses! > > Susan > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | > www.directionsmag.com<http://www.directionsmag.com>| > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 18493 > >
