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I'm switching as much as possible from Titan to Sappi Digital for my Xerox Versant 4100. Solid colors look better with no adjustment and the Sappi paper doesn't scratch as easily. Price is almost the same.

Xerox has major financial struggles with huge bonds maturing on 2028. I'd switch to Fuji- same machine basically. I don't have experience with them, but some others in this forum have low opinions of the Ricoh C5000 series. You might quote a Ricoh C7500 and Fuji 2100 to see if you get better...

You may have to right-click > Process and Hold on jobs after they have been dragged between Fiery machines to re-rip for destination printer.

I currently sublimation print glass kitchen products like tempered glass cutting boards (image is on the non-cutting side) that go through dishwashers. To save on sublimation coating, could I uv print glass to go through a dishwasher for years without major image quality loss?

find a 70 year old heavy equipment mechanic who likes to dabble with electronics and takes payment in premium beer.

My company has had a Challenge Titan 200 for about a decade. The machine has been pretty good, but here are some gotchas: -Get some spare love-joy couplings for the hydraulic power unit (combination pump and manifold). Challenge sells the HPU as a single unit for $8000 (I think), but there is...

We (nicely) kick Canva messes (usually lack of bleeds, edge hugging, and templates of the wrong size) back to the customer to fix and have instructions pre-written. Sometimes they'll pay us to fix at $105/hr. Upwork is a good resource for stuff that we can't do efficiently like tracing messy...

I'm down for a Costco or Vevor for printers, but don't have the capital to get it going.

Thanks for sharing. Do you sell parts post-sale for all of the brands that you list?

If you're dead set on Xerox, see if you can get a refurb V4100. If you're in the US, X-digital can supposedly handle the Xerox Support certification for you. I have a V3100 and V4100 off contract -Both do just fine with coated stocks. -we run a lot of coated 120gsm, 220gsm 300gsm without issue...

You can refurbish the 2nd btr. Takes like an hour and the kit will run you about $200 USD. Make sure to replace the brush. It sucks that Xerox is throwing you under the bus, but having your secret squirrel parts stash may be cheaper than waiting on them and losing money on lost jobs if the 280...

I have a 646 with older controller software, but the templates Fiery Impose loads are xml files and we just keep them on a file share.

If you're in the Americas, talk to x-digital in San Diego. I got a refurb V4100 from them for under 100k with almost every accessory. They'll sell you parts too. If you find a digital press manufacturer that makes service manuals available please let me know! I've asked around Printing United...

A pertinent question is will Xerox's service stay good for the life of your printer lease? Xerox has an ever dropping market cap / share price and multiple billions in debt, with huge loans maturing in 2028.

Made a new pin from a $6 piece of rod from a metal supply house. I am curious what the official repair path is.