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HP DesignJet 800

24" wide-format inkjet printer

Model800
Prints24" wide

HP Designjet 800 Printer 24 in large format printer front view with gold car print sample

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Analyst take

The DesignJet 800 is a discontinued 24-inch single-roll aqueous inkjet plotter still common in AEC back offices.
It runs the HP 10 and HP 11 ink families and handles a wide range of bond and coated rolls.
Line quality and dimensional stability on bond remain its strongest traits.

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Overview

Built for the work

HP Designjet 800 Printer (24 in)

Expert analysis

What you should know

By Ray KowalczykSenior Technical Editor — CAD & Technical Printing

Key takeaways

The DesignJet 800 is a discontinued 24-inch single-roll aqueous inkjet plotter still common in AEC back offices.
It runs the HP 10 and HP 11 ink families and handles a wide range of bond and coated rolls.
Line quality and dimensional stability on bond remain its strongest traits.
No second roll and no built-in scanner mean manual stops and no copy path.
Parts and printheads still exist but sit on an aging, thinning supply chain.
Replacements stay 24-inch with the Canon iPF600 or iPF605; step up to the DesignJet T918 for scanning.

It’s 4:45 on a permit-set deadline, and somebody in the corner of the office is feeding a 24-inch roll into a machine that’s older than half the staff. That’s the HP DesignJet 800 in most shops today. A discontinued aqueous inkjet plotter that refuses to die, still spitting out D-size sheets long after HP stopped selling it.

If you own one, you’re not shopping for it. You’re deciding whether to keep it alive or let it go. This page is for that call.

What it actually is

The DesignJet 800 is a 24-inch single-roll thermal inkjet plotter built for the daily bread of AEC work: monochrome CAD plots, the occasional color coordination sheet, and check prints nobody frames. It runs the HP 10 and HP 11 ink families with a matching printhead set, and it takes a wide spread of bond and coated rolls — HP C6035A bond and HP C6019B coated among them.

Line quality on bond was always its strong suit. Fine text stays legible, dimensions hold, and a well-maintained unit still lays down a clean HP-GL/2 plot. That’s why so many survive in back offices. They do one thing and they’ve done it for years.

24 inPrint widthsingle roll — D-size territory

HP 10Ink familypaired with HP 11 color set

HP C6035ABond mediaeveryday plotting stock

Where it still earns its corner

The 800 makes sense in a narrow set of situations. Name the failure mode first: this is a single-roll machine with no automatic size switching and no built-in scanner. If your workday is one media type and one width, none of that hurts.

A small studio plotting a handful of D-size sheets a day, mostly monochrome.
A survey or civil desk that already owns it and gets clean, dimensionally stable prints.
A firm keeping a legacy unit for check prints while a newer plotter carries production.
Anyone who’s stockpiled HP 10 and HP 11 supplies and wants to run them out.

Where it falls down — and what replaces it

Support is the real question. Parts and printheads still turn up, but you’re buying into an aging supply chain, and a failed printhead on deadline is a bad afternoon. There’s no second roll to fall back on, so a mid-set roll change is a manual stop every time.

If you’re replacing it, stay 24-inch and look at current single-roll engines. The Canon iPF600 24-in and Canon iPF605 24-in cover the same D-size daily plotting with parts you can still get overnight. Want the color range for coordination sheets and renderings? The Canon iPF6000S 24-in pushes further there. Need a scanner and copy path the 800 never had? Step up to a wider MFP like the HP DesignJet T918 36-in — different width, but it folds scanning into the workflow. Line them up in the compare tool before you commit.

Worth a look next

Canon iPF600 24-inCurrent single-roll 24-inch — the straightest replacement path.Canon iPF6000S 24-inMore color range for coordination and presentation work.

The read

The DesignJet 800 was a good plotter and, kept clean, it still prints a clean line. But it’s discontinued, single-roll, and leaning on a supply chain that gets thinner every year. Keep it if it works and you have supplies. Don’t build a 2025 workflow around it. When it stumbles on a deadline — and eventually it will — have a current 24-inch replacement already picked. Bottom line: a fine survivor, a poor thing to bet a bid set on.

Spec analysis

How the specs grade

Overall performance

—Not enough data for an overall score

Individual dimensions are shown where the specs support them.

How it scores

Media HandlingNot enough spec data

Print QualityNot enough spec data

Print CostNot enough spec data

ColorNot enough spec data

SpeedNot enough spec data

ConnectionsNot enough spec data

WorkflowNot enough spec data

Size / FitNot enough spec data

WarrantyNot enough spec data

Graded on a curve against the best published spec among the wide-format printers we track — 100 = the catalog’s gold standard for that metric (the finest droplet, the longest warranty, the fastest rated speed actually on the market). Every input is a manufacturer-published spec; rated speeds are shown as listed, not timed throughput. Ticks mark the class best. How we grade →

Verified specifications

The specs that decide it

Maximum print width	24 in

Specifications

Full technical detail

Max print width24"

Use caseCAD / Technical

Everything that fits the HP DesignJet 800

The full supplies hub lists every cartridge, printhead, roll and accessory verified against the manufacturer's own documentation for this machine.

5 ink cartridges · 4 printheads · 77 paper & media items · 2 accessories

HP DesignJet 800 ink and paper →

Supplies

Compatible ink, printheads & media

Genuine consumables that fit the HP DesignJet 800 24-in — only the cartridges, printheads and media compatible with this model.

Questions

Straight answers

Is the HP DesignJet 800 still made?

No. It’s discontinued and survives mainly in the installed base. Many AEC shops still run one for daily D-size plotting.

What inks and printheads does it use?

It uses the HP 10 and HP 11 ink families with the matching printhead set. Stock is still available, but plan ahead as the supply chain ages.

What media does it take?

A broad range of 24-inch bond and coated rolls, including HP C6035A bond and HP C6019B coated stock, plus HP Matte Film for the odd transparency job.

Does it have a scanner or copy function?

No. It’s a print-only plotter. If you need integrated scanning and copying, look at an MFP such as the HP DesignJet T918 36-in instead.

What's the closest current replacement?

Stay 24-inch: the Canon iPF600 24-in or Canon iPF605 24-in cover the same daily plotting with current parts support. The Canon iPF6000S 24-in adds more color range for coordination work.

Can it switch roll sizes automatically mid-job?

No. It’s a single-roll machine, so a change in media or width means a manual stop and reload — which matters most on a mixed-size set under deadline.

Resources

Brochures, datasheets & video

Documents

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