The printer gives NO HINT AT ALL the ink is running low, so it STRANDED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A MASSIVELY IMPORTANT DEADLINE JOB. Of course it was BLACK ONLY PRINTING, but God forbid you run out of cyan and the whole farcking machine quits on me. Whomever designed this machine SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT BACK AND SHOT. I expected more from HP.
The HP DesignJet T230 shipped with "starter cartridges." That being said, I anticipate that this cartridge will give comparable performance. It is to HP's credit that the Black 712 has more capacity than the color cartridges since my practice prints principally black line prints with this printer. My former HP DesignJet 111 was conservative in its consumption of ink; thus far it appears the HP DesignJet T230 will follow suit.
Shopping experience was just fine. Setting up our tax exempt status for the University took a few days. And that's OK, too. Just wished my plotter could still function while Yellow was out of ink...