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<DIV>Thanks to John Sykes, Aries Page, and Mark Welsh for sharing their Canon experiences, the information is very helpful. For those who may be looking for a new plotter, read on to see the summated comments:</DIV>
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<DIV>We don't have a Canon plotter, but they brought one into our office to let us<BR>wring it out. I thought the plot quality was excellent, it was fast and the<BR>expendables are a lot cheaper than HP. In fact, the Canon rep is running<BR>around using one of my GIS maps for his main demo. If we had any money to<BR>spend on a plotter, I would select one of the Canons. Check with Chris<BR>Williams here at DEP, he can give you the rep's phone number.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- John </DIV>
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<DIV>We here at the City of Palm Beach Gardens Purchased the Canon iPF8100 in November and have enjoyed it since we got it. There have been no issues printing from ESRI. There print drivers have been great and easy to use, unlike the HP model that we had previously. (1055) We purchased the maintenance contract and extended warranty which we hope will be better than the HP warranty that we had (which didn’t work that well). Price tag for just the Canon was around $5000.00, including warranties pushed it to a little over $7000.00.<BR>Overall I say it has been great thus far. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Aries BJ Page<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>for what it’s worth, we have a canon printer at home and that thing has been absolutely the most reliable and economic printer I have ever seen. Plus they also do stuff like provide clear plastic ink cartridges so you can actually believe that they’re empty when the printer starts saying they are empty. So at this level (which is not a plotter) I take it as a good barometer of what kind of product they provide. Our last HP plotter here was a total disappointment, it failed after 3 years and no technician could fix it. I think you guys had the same plotter/problem at Leon County.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Regards,<BR>Mark</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again,</DIV>
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<DIV>Scott</DIV>
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