HP DesignJet Z9+ Large Format Postscript Photo Printer - 24", with Spectrophotometer (W3Z71A)

As soon as I got my shiny new DesignJet Z9 printer I was glad to have it. I was astonished to find that it arrived on a pallet, a monstrous piece of metal. How is it possible that something could I have yet to see any errors on initial startup, but have seen more than I had ever imagined A print head has been It did not initialize the ink, the feeder motor was out of sync and the paper was There's no such thing as a dumb question. And before you have the opportunity to set up your device the following, please note There is a need to upgrade the firmware There is no option to skip this page. Nothing to worry about I had a pretty lousy USB stick attached to my computer I tried this, but it did not work. Because of that, I had to make my own USB stick, find and download the correct exe, and spend an hour doing so. To upgrade the firmware on a brand new printer that I had just purchased, I needed nearly 7GB. The irony is not lost on me. The thing finally booted (and I'm not kidding you, it boots between 8 and 17 minutes a time, depending on what random initialization process it chooses to run each time There will be no recognition of the paper! Those who have seen Seinfeld's 'soup Nazi' will know what I mean There is a printer Nazi at work! What's the reason? The machine is crappy and you have no easy way to return it. That is a fact, and HP knows it. The reason they let you do the final fixing is because they trust you.
Later, they force you to buy their rubbish, at a ridiculous price EPSON's spindle size is incompatible with the spindle and wiggles about, so when there is no paper jam, the printer jams up. Printer heads and ink cartridges There's one thing that makes it so bad There is no real way to fix this. An error has occurred on the paper. The printing program crashes randomly while preparing the print. A HP representative can be reached by phone. I suppose the HP representative will come knocking at my door in the middle the worst pandemic we have ever seen. And the machine is asking you to 'reboot' the printer every 5 minutes - really silly - Considering a reboot fixes nothing and can take anywhere from 7 to 18 minutes (not even kidding), that is insane. Standing by the printer hour after hour wondering what it was doing (or not doing), I spent time staring at the printer. There is a weird self maintenance routine that makes a lot of fan noise and a lot of noise from the printer head where it announces that it is 'preparing print system'. It is sort of like nailing in nails on I like it a lot when this thing works for me My heart is breaking, but I honestly do not know how to move forward. A 23 inch by 30 inch sheet of paper- I had to wait over 20 minutes just to process postscript! I have a brand new printer again HP introduces ink cartridges that are HALF EMPTY (HP calls them HP introductory). occurs when the cost of ink cartridges is as high as that of the printer in question. I am looking for a machine that is $2900 that has wired ethernet but no WiFi! In total, the printer driver for a Mac computer takes up more than 1 GB of disk Regardless of the actual print quality, the issue is not really relevant at this point - IF you can even get it to print - it is just inconvenient to deal with the issue at all. It is no use having one nice print when it took you 3 hours of uncertainty for one print that you could have easily ordered from the Internet for $12 that was of much better quality. The infinity conundrum contraption is saying that your own three hours of work are only worth $12 - you cannot take full advantage of it. A salary of $4 or less an hour is considered low. While I am not aware of your circumstances, our local hobo down at the intersection begging makes much more money It's possible that HP is aiming for that demographic. The signs used to picket, protest, and identify hobo camps. The idea is clear to you. It may be worth it if you still have the courage to try. Test my hypothesis on the performance art paperweight, go ahead and prove me incorrect. The one regarding stranded assets I am keeping with that category. Thanks for your $2900, and I hope you enjoy it.

Cataleya Wilson

| Jul 18, 2020

As an owner of several design jet printers, I can speak from experience. This one seems to be the best-quality and easiest to use out of all of them. Having a 24 inch printer was a good choice for me. Posters printed on this printer are of excellent photo quality. Investing in ink will be your greatest expenditure, based on my experience with it. Although two complete sets of ink for this printer cost as much as the printer itself, the ink itself is reasonably cheap. An entire set of cartridges (nine) will print 135 posters, assuming a 5% yield The size of this print is 24" x 36".

Bethany McGrath

| May 27, 2021

Do The views of Robert G. are similar to mine. There is nothing good about the software for the Z9. As far as large format printers go, this is my fifth HP Z9. A few months later, the Z3200 was released. Despite the few shortcomings, it was a good printer, and with a few upgrades would have been as good as it was. However, HP had to go ahead and design a brand-new There was one that I feel was rushed and full of issues. There are a number of Adobe Creative Cloud compatibility problems. Using Adobe Acrobat to print PDF files is a waste of time. This can be done with HP Click, which you need to download. Almost every day I get an error message from The images are racked after borderless printing from Photoshop. A minimum of two sides of the page have white borders, and the color scheme is distorted. HP reps have been on the phone for a lot of hours. A number of problems are known to exist with the Z9. In case you would like to purchase a wide-format HP printer, there is one that is 24 inches wide. You can find refurbished Z3200s for sale. Let's hope they replace the Z9 series with something better before it fizzles out. Alternatively, you can grab an imagePROGRAF from Canon. Neither Canon nor I could fit it through my doorway, because the Canon is far too big. There is no starter cartridge for this game. There will be an immediate need to purchase the full size ones at a cost of more than To connect to the Internet, you must use an Ethernet cable. Z9 started organizing its printing system by running a five-step process every week last month. That was a waste of time! I was checking ink levels on a couple of low cartridges before being thrown off track. There was a decrease of 3% in ink level. It is wasting 3 percent of the ink cartridges every week. It is difficult to use this printer without running into problems every week or even.

Colin Henson

| Jul 30, 2020