Is the HP Designjet 500 good for printing renders? how is it compared to the HP 4000 plotter?

Is this plotter good for printing pictures? renders? architectural drawings and photorealistic renders? I am loking for a cheap good plotter to print school work. The school has a 4000 and everyone loves it... what is the big difference between the 4000 and this 500? Thank you!Is the HP Designjet 500 good for printing renders? how is it compared to the HP 4000 plotter?
The HP Designjet 500 printer, provides detailed illustrations, accurate proofs and powerful presentations for small advertising agencies, designers, and graphic artists. Geared for individual or small offices with light usage. Optional onboard processing of HPGL/2 files, upgrades ram to 32mb, with a max of 160mb available. Internal Ethernet network interface available. starting at $2,149.00.





HP Designjet 4000 series printers, announced in November 2004 and now available to customers, deliver traditional HP quality and eliability with increased print capacity. The new series of four-color printers are designed to meet the needs of architecture, engineering, construction, MCAD and GIS markets, providing accurate lines, professional image quality and fast, unattended printing. HP Designjet 4000 series offers outstanding customer benefits:





Faster, more productive printing 鈥?double the print capacity of HP Designjet 1000 series printer


Impressive images and precise line quality for presentations and final drawings


Remote printer management to help keep costs and intervention rates low.Is the HP Designjet 500 good for printing renders? how is it compared to the HP 4000 plotter?
I work for an architectural firm and we use the Designjet 500 (have two actually) and it prints great renderings on 24x36 paper as well as regular black and white construction drawings.