HP DesignJet 130 Large Format Printer (C7791C#A2L)

I can tell from some of the reviews that some people are attempting to load manually from the back...If you don't have the automatic roll feeder you're MUCH better off loading all paper from the FRONT...With this printer and my old HP 100 wide format I probably have around 5% that kickback...Maybe half of those are non square edges and the rest user error while feeding...Someone stated they tried 8 times with no luck is outright laughable..Also consider buying a CIS (continuous ink supply) to majorly decrease the ink cost...So far the auto color match profiling works great and it's value can't be over emphasized...Especially is one uses multiple papers or canvas...For the money there isn't a better 24" wide format printer out there...No doubt there is a slight learning curve and reading the manual completely is a must...It's obvious from some of the reviews that a few haven't read it...I owned a HP 100 wide format before this one...The extra 2 colors and the auto color match profiling make the HP 130 a no brainer over the HP 100, 110 and/or HP 120...Not too mention the increase available resolution of 2400x1200...Bottom line if you do a considerable amount of large prints and don't mind spending a little time to learn this printer, you'll be more than pleasantly surprised...kd

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 USElessPro -If you only need a print to go (large format that is)... get this , not bad DPI eitherCon -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).

The printer itself is a fine printer. The 130 is not Network Ready (I assume that is what nr stands for), but we had the 130nr model before, and after many years of service, it finally gave out on us. I was able to swap out the parts that made it an 130nr (the ethernet card and roller assembly), and now we have essentially a brand new 130nr again.

I have the "nr" version of this unit (same printer with automatic paper cutter) HP Designjet 130nr..., I purchased this printer brand new directly from HP after being talked into it by one of the HP sales guys.., and an extended warranty also, what a mistake, a very big mistake! This thing never really worked correctly and had one problem after another time after time. The few prints I was able to get from it were a battle from the start. It had digital noise all over the place and miss-feeds all the time, I never could get the roll feeder to work correctly due to the odd set-up and VERY poor design of the paper feeder. Every day was a fight to get this unit to work and I can't tell you how many new prayers and curse words I went through over this piece of junk. Honestly I did a few good prints but those were very few and far between. The ink costs a fortune and never lasted, same thing for the print heads, of the few prints I tried to get (less then 100 total) I went through more ink then my daily office printer used.For having a photo business I can tell you that this HP "IS NOT" the way to go. With the extended warranty plan you would think they would have helped me, well that is what I thought too - surprise! No way, I was left on my own with every technical problem and the few contacts I could make were routed to Pakistan where the English language is not a primary means of communication. After saying "what" 12 million times you'd think they would have someone that could have spoken clearer, well that never happened. Every request I had was left open ended and they NEVER returned the calls they said they would so now it sits collecting dust and useless. The drivers can not be updated and cannot even be re-installed, they can't be removed for some strange reason that no one at HP can figure out, this is not only on one computer but on two computers, I really gave it every chance in the book and also hired a professional computer technician to help but they still could not fix the driver problems. Trust me, save the money from this purchase and go buy a Canon or Epson and you will save yourself a million headaches. In every way I can think of this unit is totally a piece of junk and HP will not help you, I have the junk printer to prove it and the poor service record from them as well. Don't walk away from this printer - RUN AWAY from it. I don't often have so much negativity on a product but this one takes the cake - Pure Junk and HP should be embarrassed on many levels, in no way is this unit professional, it dosen't even qualify for hobby, it's just useless. If someone got lucky with one - good for them but I doubt it, if they like it today I could bet the day will soon come where they agree with this review and can even add to it.

while I can say that I have not had the same issues as some users of this printer (the printer itself is functional, I have had few printing errors etc.) where I have the issue with is the maintenance software for the device. While they do have a version that is supposed to work with windows 7, I cannot get it to detect the printer. I have uninstalled the printer, removed the driver from the computer, uninstalled the software and downloaded the driver/utility combo, installed utility first then driver; no luck not detected. So uninstall it all again reverse which I installed first, still not finding the printer. Do uninstall/install but tried printer in different usb port, still not found by utility. The printer itself will print, so the printer works fine but there seems to be some kind of communication issue within the software itself. As this printer is old no real support from HP which I understand, heck I am happy there are drivers, but without this utility working the printer loses most of its functionality and use.My suggestion, go with a newer printer unless you run an older O/S.