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Skenty, Your saying that it is ok at the start but as the machine prints the banding starts? What kind of coverage are you laying down? Let me know

Hey Bondmaster!! Your getting third party inks for bulk systems and if I must say a heck of a deal at that. But people that purchase new machines have to purchase manufactuer inks to maintain their warranty. After the warranty expires, the end-user is free to use what ever they want. I am not...

Andrew: What printer did you end up buying? I would have went with the Mutoh ValueJet 2606. Much more reliable and cheaper to run than the Mimaki machines. It prints roughly 220 sq ft hr in production mode. Just curious what you picked out.

Sweat?? What market are trying to offer this to? Are you looking to offer this to printing companies to generate proofs with? Love the fact the machine has a spectrophotometer built in. But my question is, How often does it have to be calibrated to keep the output consistant? I am seeing...

The rip is where the reliability and consistantcy is going to come from. I will tell you this, I have a Mutoh Valuejet 48" model that is built off of that same print engine and body your using right now. I use FlexiSign Pro to run the machine and it prints consistantly on any media I put in the...

Do you work for Global Imaging?

Ink Cost Ink Cost Depending on your media your using, total sq ft cost will not exceed $2 a sq. That would be ink & media combined. The ink per sq will never exceed .45 and that would be at max coverage. Normal printing will cost about .20 a sq. You should be able to produce approx 1100 sq ft...

Is the 5500 using the small but expensive ink carts? The 5500 is a great proofing machine but it is very hard to make any money with it. I am so suprised that companies these days are not going with eco-solvent or solvent inkjets. The cost per sq on those machines are maxed out at $2 and that...

Hello All My name is Jason Beck I am 38 years old and have been in the printing field of some sorts since I was 16. I started out as a helper on a 38" Omsca 4 color. (What a dinosaur) I worked for that company for 5 years moving up to be lead in my 5th year. I had a knack of seeing color and it...