HP Designjet 500/500PS plus Printer

Ideal for architects, interior designers and professionals in engineering, construction and mechanical design, working from home or in small offices in workgroups of up to 3 people who need affordable, high quality, large format printing up to A0+ size.

Key features

• 4 cartridges: 1 pigmented (black) + 3 dye-based (cyan, magenta, yellow)
• Single sheet feed and roll feed with integrated auto-cutter
• Available in 24" (up to A1) or 42" (up to A0)
• Printer stand and media bin (optional on the 24" model)
• Centronics parallel and USB interface. Optional HP JetDirect EIO 10/100 Base-TX internal print server
• Ultimate line and photo quality
• Up to 1200 x 600dpi resolution
• Minimum line width 0.05mm, accuracy of +/- 0.2%
• Print speed for line drawings in economic mode: 17.6m²/hr, or 90 seconds for an A1-size drawing, on bond paper
• Print speed for images in ecomonic mode: 7.9m²/hr, or 3min 45sec for an A1-size image, on coated paper
• 69 cc ink cartridges
• Printheads that last through 5 to 6 ink-cartridge changes on average, depending on usage
• Drivers for Windows applications (including AutoCAD)
• 16 Mb RAM, can be upgraded to 160 MB of RAM (when used with the HP-GL/2 accessory card)

Get outstanding line drawings and photo quality renders fast and at a great price

• Reduce your click-to-print time with built-in HP-GL/2 card processing the vector data in the printer.
• Save yourself time: no need to trim the plots with a 5 mm margin on all sides of a page.
• See a difference in quality with lines as thin as 0.04 mm and an accuracy of ± 0.2%.
• Visualise your work with photo quality renders using HP Colour Layering Technology and up to 1200 dpi resolution.

Save yourself time with this fast and easy-to-use printer and cut the overall running costs

• Print speeds of up to 90 seconds per A1 line drawing and 7.9 m² of full colour images per hour.
• Three portrait A3+ images (330 x 483 mm) fit side by side.
• Easy-to-install drivers are intuitive to use; the control panel is simple to navigate.
• Unattended printing is hassle-free with modular 69 cc ink cartridges, long-life printheads, 45.7 m long media rolls, automatic cutting and stacking of prints in the media.
• USB and parallel ports, optional network card.

Get your colours right with the EFI Designer Edition XL RIP for HP Designjet 500ps Plus Printer

• The EFI Designer Edition XL RIP for HP Designjet 500ps Plus Printer allows you to process complex graphic files and perform colour management simultaneously.
• Get accurate results even without colour expertise using several pre-set modes.
• Preview JPEG, TIFF, PDF or Adobe® PostScript® 3™ files, check the layout and media orientation and avoid trial errors.
• Cut printing time and costs with a nesting feature positioning the printouts efficiently on media.
• Get full support for Mac OS X system.

Footnotes:

1. The printer comes in two sizes, with a media path that is either 1067 mm (42-inch) or 610 mm (24-inch) wide. Three portrait A3+ images (330 x 483 mm) fit side by side only available on 42-inch model.
2. Stand and media bin are optional on the 610 mm model.

For more information download the HP Designjet 500 data sheet (PDF format).