What's The Best A1 Printers in the UK 2024

If you’re looking for a large format printer, ideal for printing at A1 size, you can feel overwhelmed by the wealth of choice available. With so many A1 printers offering so many functions and capabilities, it can be hard to identify the best ones on the market. To help, we’ve rounded up some of the best A1 printers currently available.

What is an A1 printer?

An A1 printer is also known as a large-format printer and can print a variety of materials and papers in A1 print size. If you need more information please check the following articles to discover more about what is an A1 printer and how a large format printer works.

What size is A1?

A1 print size has a maximum width of 24 inches, with a maximum length of 33 inches.

When would you need an A1 printer?

There are a whole variety of ways in which you can utilise an A1 large format printer, but essentially they can print upon any large media with a maximum width of 24 inches. It’s important to note that there are different types of A1 printers available and you’ll need to decide which one you need depending on the work that you do.

For example, graphics printers are used for photo quality graphic displays, such as photography. Meanwhile Technical and CAD / GIS plotter printers are more often used by the architectural industry as they are perfect for printing out high quality line drawings and blueprints.
What are the best A1 printers available?

What are the best A1 printers available in 2024?

HP Designjet Z6+ 24 Inches

Coming from Hewlett Packard, you can be assured that this large format printer, ideal for A1 print sizes, is a high-quality product. It has 2400 x 1200 DPI print resolution, making it ideal for graphic work as it’ll print with predictable and consistent colours. This printer can also save you time and money as it has an advanced preview technology which allows you to check before you print, ensuring that you don’t waste materials.

There’s also a simple, straightforward one click printing software making this printer easy for everyone to use. Providing rich durable colour prints at a low cost, you can get this printer on our 3 year rental deal from only £75 p/m

Other great graphic large format printers include the HP Designjet Z9+ and the Epson Surecolor P7500.

Canon IPF TM-200 24 inches

The TM Series is redefining what a Large-format printer is capable of. The TM-200 printer is not only ideal for printing technical documents, CAD drawings and GIS maps, but also posters, signage and displays with the use of Canon's LUCIA TD water resistant pigment ink.

Built with Canon developed technologies the TM-200 has a 5-color LUCIA TD pigment ink, PF-06 print head, L-COA PRO image processor, along with a clear, intuitive operation panel and is nearly 60% quieter than previous models - Plus there is a host of creative workflow software included.

Newly developed for this series is Free Layout Plus, a print utility that allows users to tile nest and create custom layouts before printing. Direct Print & Share, Canon's cloud portal software, has new added features as does Canon's poster creation software, PosterArtist Lite making this printer an easy choice for the architectural, engineering and construction industries as well as office environments.

If you’re looking for the best large format printer, take a look at our wide range of products, or get in touch to speak to one of our experts. We’d love to help you find the perfect A1 plotter for your unique business needs.

*This post has been updated on December 2023.