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The HP 4xx family of Designjet
plotter
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s was made to enable the
printing
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of large-format 24" to 36-inch wide
monochrome
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or color plotting of technical documents and
color photographs
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. HP no longer supports this plotter.
HP DesignJet 450c Technical specifications
This is an
inkjet
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plotter.
It uses three inkjet cartridges: # 44
Cyan
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In the subtractive color system, or CMYK color ...
/
magenta
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/ Yellow (51644 C/M/Y), #40 Black (51640A).
Its black-and-white printing resolution is 600 dpi while its color resolution is 300 dpi.
Width: 132 cm; Depth : 23 cm; Height: 33 cm. Weight: 31 kg.