it did with the clear ink I believe on the 1000 because people complained that the clear is basically useless with one pass
I wouldnt say its the same as thermography
everybody has supplies and parts issue and that will continue for another year
with your volume iridesse is the only way long term unless you get two machines
I have gbc units on versant 180 and 3100's and XLS works just fine
then you need to buy the flatbed kind with auto sheet feeding
like the intec
only way you can do both
and short runs because they are slow
they are designed for digital world which is short run