HP Designjet 500/500PS plus Printer

[HP Designjet 500 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:

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.
Stand and media bin are optional on the 610 mm model.

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