Epson SureColor T3170

This is the machine that ends the trips to the print shop. Site plans, permit drawings, posters and proofs come off a 24 inch roll at full CAD accuracy, and the auto sheet feeder handles letter and tabloid without touching the roll. It sits on a desk or credenza, or on its own optional stand.

It runs on UltraChrome XD2 pigment cartridges, the same archival quality ink as the larger machines in the family. A full set ships in the box, cyan, magenta and yellow at 26 mL and black at 50 mL, and higher capacity 50 and 80 mL cartridges are there when you replace them.

It is a great machine for a small business or project office that prints drawings, plans and posters through the week: sized for a desk and built for steady drawing work, exactly the duty the specifications describe. Warranty service is next business day whole unit exchange, a replacement machine rather than a wait for parts, which keeps a small office printing. If you need 36 inch width or higher daily volume, the SureColor T5170 and T5475 are the steps up. One planning note: busy offices do well to keep an extra ink set on the shelf so the printing never has to wait.