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    Would you buy a used Vutek QS3200 instead of new?

    It might be fine out of the factory, but just wait until you need to replace your belt.... When we first got our QS2000 I could run 50m Rolls of banner vinyl, spin them round and back them up no problems. The belt was replaced (stupid operator using a knife on the belt). We tried 2 new belts...
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    Problem with Repositionable prints

    Another happy phototex user, although we use the uv media. Also Octopus Yupo is another repositionable media, they do both white and clear, although I'm not sure if they are both aqueous compatible.
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    Has anyone dealt with Digiprint Supplies

    Hi all, as the title states, has anyone dealt with this mob? DIGIPRINT SUPPLIES - DIGIPRINT SUPPLIES I'm looking at getting a few Print Heads for our QS2000. They are about 1/3 of the price of our local supplier, but the boss is of course skeptical. So hoping to find some positive feedback and...
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    Laminating options for UV Flatbed prints

    I have been printing and laminating UV Cured Prints for nearly 10 years. Originally printing with a Vutek pv600 and now a Vutek QS2000. We use Mactac and ALC cold laminating products (both films). Yes you do get silvering around the image if its not full coverage, but this disappears after a...
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    Duplicating Onyx Production House 7

    I want to replace one of our RIP's that runs ONYX 7.2 on win2003. The new machine is running WinXP and ONYX 7.2. I exported the Printers from the old machine and imported them onto the new one. Now one set of profiles is lighter, and the other set is darker (we run 2 mimaki jv22's). All the...
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    Vutek UV Ink purchasing restrictions

    Can I ask how many square meters you do per day/week? We are currently paying $220 AUD/litre (160 euros) and $260/litre AUD (190 euros) for White series 2 inks.
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    Gloss Self Adhesive substrate?

    Avery Dennison manufacture a wide range of SAV's, I'd contact them or a distributor of theirs to see if they make the product you are after.. Avery Dennison Graphics Products
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    Flatbed Printer

    We run a Vutek QS2000, about 3 years old now, still running the original heads. We got 3 spare heads supplied with the machine, replacement head are about 7k (AUD). They also supply a wash station with the printer to clean blocked heads. We pay approx $200 /liter for ink (again thats AUD). An...
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    Canvas printing

    Its a HP Z6100, HP have Canvas, but as we had the Fredericks, and they supply the profiles for the their medias, I thought I'd give it ago, but alas it failed.
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    Double Sided printing on QS3200

    how do u print the second side? using the flip image on the printer or doing it in the RIP? We had a PV 200/600 and found that the flip on the machine was always out. After a bit of playing, finding the correct offsets, setting up the second side became much easier by ripping the image in reverse.
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    Canvas printing

    Just curious, what canvas do u use? and do you liquid lam / 2 pac coat your prints aswell? I've tried the fredericks canvas, and found that even after 72 hours the ink would still smudge quite easily.

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