11×17 printer, also regarded as a wide formatted printer, can print on tabloid sized paper which is 11 inches height by 17 inches width, just think of join two piece of regular letter sized paper with their long side together. ‘Tabloid’ as well as ‘Letter’, ‘Legal’ and the ANSI series are mainly used in the US and Canada, while European uses ISO A page sizes,such as A3, A4.
To choose a suitable 11×17 printer, firstly you should know what application you will mainly use it for , to print the text, or the photograph, then consider the times of printing you may require,occasionally or frequently.
11×17 Ink jet printers can print by spraying liquid ink to form the text or image, because the printing process is reply on a print head’s back and forth movement, the speed is slow. They are very good at colorful photography printing however the printing quality for text is not so high.
A 11×17 laser printer uses a fine plastic powder(toner) to print by heating it up and then melted it on to the paper instead of using ink. They are faster than inkjets, and have the best printed text quality.
Generally speaking , for black and white printing,tabloid laser is a economic choice although the machine cost is expensive the per cartridge can print much more pages and much faster than a 11×17 ink jet. In case of you need more on printing photos, then you should choose an ink jet 11×17 printer because of the high resolution and vivid effect.
Buying a 11×17 printer can bring your business a lot of benefit, no more to join two piece of regualr paper for a large one. It is especially helpful for printing lagre format drawings, posters, and presentations.