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1,000,000+ Printers Repaired Since 1997

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Precision Wide-Format Service, Nationwide

Plotter & Wide-Format Printer Repair for Business

PRG repairs plotters and wide-format printers on-site at your office — HP DesignJet, Canon imagePROGRAF, Ricoh, and Xerox systems. Local technicians in 65 cities, backed by over 1,000,000 repairs since 1997.

On-site service for the design, engineering, and print-room teams that can’t wait on a shipped repair.

Reliable Support for Precision Wide-Format Systems

When a plotter goes down, it isn’t one broken printer — it’s a construction bid that can’t go out and a print room full of waiting jobs. Wide-format machines are also mechanically unlike office printers: carriage assemblies, printheads, ink delivery systems, belts, and encoder strips that most repair companies won’t touch. PRG’s technicians repair them on-site at your office, so there’s no crating and shipping heavy wide-format equipment.

HP DesignJet Series

The plotter the rest of the industry measures against — and most of what our wide-format techs work on. Carriage stalls, worn belts, printhead faults: we fix the classics, on-site.

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Canon imagePROGRAF

Precision ink systems for GIS, mapping, and photo production — and an ink system that demands a specialist when it faults. We service the full line at your office.

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Ricoh Wide-Format

The reprographics-room standard. We keep MP W-series and IM CW-series wide-format MFPs printing and scanning at production volume.

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Xerox Wide-Format

Engineering copiers to modern wide-format systems, kept at peak output. Decades of Xerox hardware, one on-site fix at a time.

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Expert On-Site Plotter Service, Wherever You Are

Tell us the model and the symptom — an error code, a carriage jam, banding or streaks on your prints. A local wide-format technician comes to your office and gets your technical printing back on schedule.

What Actually Breaks — and What We Fix

Every wide-format platform fails in its own way. Here’s what our technicians see most.

HP DesignJet wide-format plotter repair

The Workhorse of AEC Printing

HP DesignJet Repair

HP dominates the plotter world, and it dominates our service records too — the overwhelming majority of our wide-format repair history is DesignJets, from office T-series machines to production Z-series photo printers, and plenty of 20-year-old DesignJet 500s still earning their keep. The most common jobs: carriage and belt repairs, printhead replacement, and ink-system faults.

Common ModelsDesignJet T120, T520, T830, T1200, T2300, T3500; Z3200, Z5400, Z6200; DesignJet 500/510/800

Critical Failure PointsCarriage assemblies & drive belts, printheads, ink supply & service stations, trailing cables, encoder strips

Primary Error Codes79:04 (system), 86:01 (carriage path), 81:01 (paper drive)

Service CoverageOn-site repair & parts replacement nationwide — full HP DesignJet repair guide →

Canon imagePROGRAF wide-format repair

Engineering Standard: Precision Line Quality

Canon imagePROGRAF Repair

Canon’s imagePROGRAF line is precision equipment for GIS, mapping, and photo production, and its ink system is its own specialty. Our technicians handle printhead faults, ink tank and line errors, feed problems, and cutter repairs on-site.

Common ModelsimagePROGRAF TM, TX, and PRO series; iPF670/770/785

Critical Failure PointsPrintheads, ink tanks & lines, feed rollers, cutters

Primary Error CodesEC21-2F22 (printhead), EC31-2F1C (ink system), E161-403E (hardware)

Service CoverageOn-site repair & parts replacement nationwide

Ricoh wide-format repair

Reprographics Standard: Built for Volume

Ricoh Wide-Format Repair

Reprographics departments run on Ricoh wide-format systems — engineering copiers, scanners, and modern wide-format MFPs. Our technicians keep them in production at your location, from feed-system rebuilds to scan-unit repairs on the MFP models.

Common ModelsMP W3601, MP W6700SP, MP CW2201SP, IM CW2200

Critical Failure PointsMedia transport & feed systems, imaging units, scan units

Primary Error CodesRicoh SC service codes — the SC540-series fuser faults are the classics

Service CoverageOn-site repair & parts replacement nationwide

Xerox wide-format repair

Production Proven: Engineering Documents

Xerox Wide-Format Repair

From engineering copiers to modern wide-format systems, our technicians keep Xerox wide-format equipment in production — media transport, imaging, and finishing repairs handled at your location. Not sure what you have? Send us the model number with your service request and we’ll take it from there.

Common ModelsXerox 6204, 6604/6605 Wide Format Solution, Wide Format 7142

Critical Failure PointsMedia transport, imaging modules, finishing components

Primary Error CodesChain-style fault codes — 010-xxx (fuser) and 07x-xxx (paper path)

Service CoverageOn-site repair & parts replacement nationwide

From our service records

Wide-format repair is daily work for a network that has completed over 1,000,000 repairs since 1997. In a recent review of branch service records alone, our technicians logged 230+ carriage repairs, 250+ printhead jobs, 200+ ink-system repairs, and 130+ belt replacements. If a part on a plotter can fail, our technicians have already repaired it.

How On-Site Plotter Repair Works

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Step 1: Request Service

Tell us the model and the symptom — an error code, a carriage stall, a print defect like banding or fading. Your local office schedules a visit during standard local business hours, Monday through Friday.

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Step 2: On-Site Diagnosis

A local wide-format technician diagnoses the machine at your office. If parts are needed, you get the parts cost quoted and approved before the repair continues — and if the plotter isn’t worth fixing, your technician will tell you that too.

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Step 3: Repair & Test

Repairs are billed as hourly labor plus parts. Wide-format repairs typically take longer than office-printer work — carriage, belt, and printhead jobs involve careful teardown and calibration — and every repair ends with test plots to confirm print quality before your technician leaves.

Plotter Repair Near You

Wide-format service is local work — a technician comes to your office. PRG has local plotter technicians across the country, including these markets:

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Plotter Repair: Your Questions Answered

How much does plotter repair cost?
Plotter repairs are billed as hourly labor plus parts. Because wide-format printers are larger, specialized machines, labor rates and minimum visit times vary by market and equipment type — include your model number when you request service and your local office will give you clear pricing for your area. If parts are needed, the cost is quoted before the repair continues. Full guide: how much does printer repair cost?
Is my older DesignJet worth repairing?
Often, yes — and this surprises people. Wide-format machines are built around long-life frames, and we still service DesignJet 500-series machines from two decades ago. A carriage, belt, or printhead repair costs a fraction of a new production plotter. The honest exceptions: machines with failing electronics on discontinued platforms where parts are scarce. Your technician’s on-site diagnosis gives you a straight repair-or-replace answer. Full guide: repair or replace?
Do you repair plotters on-site, or do we ship it to you?
On-site, always. Plotters and wide-format printers are too large and delicate to box up and ship — a local PRG technician comes to your office or print room instead. We have technicians in 65 cities across the country. Find your city →
How long does a plotter repair take?
Because wide-format repairs involve real mechanical teardown — carriages, belts, ink systems — they typically take longer than the within-an-hour turnaround on our laser and copier work. Your technician diagnoses the problem on-site, lets you know what parts are needed, and gives you a clear estimate for completing the job.
What brands of plotters do you service?
HP DesignJet leads the category and makes up the bulk of our wide-format service records, and we also service Canon imagePROGRAF, Ricoh wide-format, and Xerox wide-format systems. Not sure what you have? Include the model number with your service request. Everything PRG services →

Have a different question? The PRG Answer Center covers the printer questions offices actually search for.

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Get Your Plotter Back in Production

Don’t let a mechanical failure stall your project. A local wide-format technician comes to your office, diagnoses the problem, and repairs your plotter right there.

Local technicians in 65 cities. Straightforward hourly labor plus parts.