Epson GS6000 vs HP L26500

[mukie]

Hi all....I am new to the thread but desperately need feedback from the experienced users out there regarding the decision to buy either Epson GS6000 or HP L26500. I know that the L26500 is new so there might not be much info on it but any general info on pros and cons of HP Latex technology will also do. Need to decide fast.

Thank you.

 

[lfelton]

I don't know the Epson GS6000, but we've been using the HP latex printer for several weeks now. We're very pleased with it, but be aware that it DOES need environmental control and fairly heavy duty extraction, despite everything that HP will tell you pre-sales. After it's installed, they have strict temperature / humidity ranges and won't deal with service calls unless you meet those. Fairly common sense TBH, but a lot stricter than you might expect. You must have sufficient air extraction. Case in point, we installed the machine in a very large room (nothing else in it), but no extraction. When printing large posters with a lot of heavy ink coverage, the room completely filled with a strong smelling dense "fog". It made me cough as well, so I immediately pulled the operator out of the room. Turns out this is a well known phenomenon and you HAVE to have pretty good extraction to make sure it doesn't happen.

 

[jay12345]

I have been using the gs6000 for about 2 years now and I have to say its hands down the best large format machine we have ever purchased. The eco solvent is fantastic having come from true solvent. The hp9000 before it was a problem from the get go. The gs6000 can sit for a week or weeks at a time and then get fired up like it was printing the entire time. The heads never clog. The quality is fantastic. And the maintenance is extremely low.

 

[lfelton]

One other tip I forgot to mention. HP recommend that the machine is NEVER turned off as that can cause problems. Apparently it keeps on doing "maintenance" periodically, i.e. making sure it doesn't clog up. I expect your installer would make sure you are aware of this anyway, but if not that tip might save you some expensive repairs.

 

[Happyprinter]

Been running the Epson GS 6000 for about 6 months now and can honestly say we are very pleased with it. Great quality, great speed, low odor and will print on anything we have put thru it.