Comments on: HP DESIGNJET 130 LARGE FORMAT PRINTER

By: R. Kerr

R. Kerr — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:44 +0000

i am always hesitant to tell people not to buy. I have bought some junk over the years ans shrugged it off, but this is just the worst! The paper doesnt load AT ALL from anywhere. Sure, after about ten attempts and five chewed pieces of paper later it will print but even at that it sometimes only half prints. Now some people who have bought this item find this situation laughable, and I aks them, why has more than one person, infact, why has a bunch of people had same issues? Indeed, it is a recognised universal problem with the designjet130. basically for the price they suck.

Second - even when you do get a so called awesome print, it leaves track marks and here is why. Some nutcase decided to design this printer with JAGGED EDGED METAL ROLLERS!!!!!! I mean wtf????? Especially on large pics, when using lots of black or dark backgrounds, the track marks just shine through and as for glossy photos - just forget it. ALSOOOOO - when using front loading, more often than not a horrble wheel mark from the rubber rollers are present from its harsh loading system. It basically pummels light paper and chews heavyweight paper. And by the way, thats even when you select the desired kind of paper before printing.

Seriously, i have no doubts some people have no problems, but I am highlighting this because enough people have had similar issues as i have to give this information some credibility. HP needs to have a look at this printer and make some adjustments - this is just terrible, i have had to close my online shop which i have lost out on because of this printer. I will not be using hp again - thats for sure!

DO NOT BUY (and by the way, i got my printer from amazon!)

By: C. Ward

C. Ward — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:09:49 +0000

O.K. so compared to other plotters/ printers that I've looked at, worked with, or owned, this is the one that i would recommend. On a budget compared to pricier ones go buy it because it just works.

We plot drawings, banners, from letter size sheet to wide formats to resting a rool behinh it and just plot a 24" by 72 banner. ALL-in-all it just as i said USEful as opposed to USEless

Pro -If you only need a print to go (large format that is)... get this , not bad DPI either
Con -THE PAPER FRONT LOAD is ANNNNNOOOOOYING!!!

*and go... beeeeeep...
*no try again and now... beeeeeeeeeep
*flip the paper and then... beeeeeeeeep
*use a different sheet... beeeeeep!!!
beeeeeep!!!! beeeeeeeeep.... aaaahhhhhrrrrr!!!

I have it on a table at the office but i would recommend the HP Designjet 110/120/130 Bin & Printer Stand (ALTHOUGH AMAZON DON"T SEEM TO STOCK THIS).

By: Lope

Lope — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:28:00 +0000

I’ve had this printer (with attached roll feeder) since Nov 07 and it has caused no problems for me. Since then I have printed around 175 or so large format colour images. Setup was a breeze, no problems with the changeover from XP to Vista, and all in all a great machine.

By: Poker Nanny

Poker Nanny — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:21:46 +0000

I’ve had this printer for two years and it prints marvelous prints. The problem I have is with HP: they decided to stop making paper for this printer and, instead, told me to go with 3rd parties. A company that doesn’t stand behind their products is one that will not get future business from me.

By: J. Sgroi

J. Sgroi — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:58 +0000

This printer is absolute crap. Trying to feed a large poster size piece of paper into is, well, forget it. Crap! It is good for an 8 1/2 x 11 test page only.