Uh... I don't have your knowledge... didn't even know about this waxjet thing. Or maybe that's the English name for " Sublimation Thermique " ?! ![Confused :-//](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/confused0024.gif)
Yes, sublimation it is, it doesn't clog so easily.
If you're in a right place and in a right time you will be given that printer, if they are not gone already.
You can also disconnect its stand so it will fit in a regular sedan.
Stand may be peeking from the trunk but that's a nuance.
OK... might be looking for one of those then.
I met such a printer only once in my life.
I was a student in the UK in Saint-Ives in that little company, doing electronics R&D. Was in 1999/2000.
I remember once, I went in an office where a guy printed me an A3 schematic a sublimation printer, Epson I think. Was a "normal" size printer, not a monster. Fitted just fine on a desk.
Maybe 300mm wide so that it could print A3. Maybe 400 or 600 I don't know it was so long ago... but definitely not a monster on a stand, no it was just laid there on a desk.. I remember being very impressed with the quality of the (colour) print. Back in that day inkjet printers were very shitty, needed fancy expensive paper, tons of ink and 2 hours to print a single full size max quality A4 colour picture. That Epson printer looked so much more advanced in comparison ! ![Cool 8)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/cool.gif)
Would like one of those ideally...
There were different widths, maybe 50x70cm poster was one target.
The problem is that next width is always "cheaper" and then, in no time, all kind of advertisers start demanding.
Around here one limit was expo wall element width, that's 120cm, so small ones can be a rarity.
Roadside boards brought up the next level, they were finally printed directly to the board, that's the same 120cm but 250cm tall and solid, not exactly for home office.
No idea how those boards are today, seems to be only leds.
Luckily I got rid of my earlier big printer, happened one sunny(summer) day when we had visitors.
It was A3 color Xerox WorkCentre with 2+4+2 wheels and 6000 sheet loader.
Top side of the center part was the printer with pull out iron handle bars for lifting.
So if you take back a bit and accept A3 upper limit those printers are also available practically free.
The catch is that they have a service period, maybe 50k or 100k pages and after that you have to change drums and/or developers.
Of course they are rolling a million or half but finally one service is the last service.
My machine was one of those and I used its last fumes, some times it showed its age, or maybe it was our winter air again.
Upper side with those are that they are for business and so accept pretty thick papers.
You can usually also dismantle them to the bare bones but small washing machine space they will still take.
Their electrical parts are also more than very small, if you think their future, but unluckily quite special and without linear powers.
There are also optical and laser stuff.