Looking for a roll-fed machine.....

[CaliPrintGuy]

Looking for a roll-fed printer. We have a flatbed acuity currently. The majority of our work (which isn't a ton) is banner and label work that is cut out on a plotter cutter. The canon series seems to be overkill for my workload. Any advice on which printer would excel in small to mid length banner runs and label decal work on ABV?

 

[Mike the Print Man]

Looking for a roll-fed printer. We have a flatbed acuity currently. The majority of our work (which isn't a ton) is banner and label work that is cut out on a plotter cutter. The canon series seems to be overkill for my workload. Any advice on which printer would excel in small to mid length banner runs and label decal work on ABV?

HP Latex is a good one for banners. We had a 335 and used it pretty much just for scrim and roll-up banner work. We would occasionally use it for stickers, but the quality is not as good as eco-sol or UV for label work, in my opinion. However, it excels in banner work because you can take it right off and hem and grommet without outgassing.

 

[Magnus59]

We have also been looking to add a machine for banners etc. The Mutoh Hybrid machines look like a good fit.

 

[SirSpeedyCVA]

Looking for a roll-fed printer. We have a flatbed acuity currently. The majority of our work (which isn't a ton) is banner and label work that is cut out on a plotter cutter. The canon series seems to be overkill for my workload. Any advice on which printer would excel in small to mid length banner runs and label decal work on ABV?

if its not too late, mimaki has great print and cut capabilities

 

[CaliPrintGuy]

HP Latex is a good one for banners. We had a 335 and used it pretty much just for scrim and roll-up banner work. We would occasionally use it for stickers, but the quality is not as good as eco-sol or UV for label work, in my opinion. However, it excels in banner work because you can take it right off and hem and grommet without outgassing.

Hey Mike, we went with a HP 315 but for the life of us cannot figure out the optimal settings when running 13oz and 15oz banner. we are currently running the duratex brand. Which brand did you all have the best luck with?

 

[Mike the Print Man]

Hey Mike, we went with a HP 315 but for the life of us cannot figure out the optimal settings when running 13oz and 15oz banner. we are currently running the duratex brand. Which brand did you all have the best luck with?

We sourced all our material from Kelly Spicers. I believe it was their own generic Kelly brand of 13oz scrim banner material we used. It's been a couple of years now since I ran that machine, but the big takeaway was always finding the right media setting. Sometimes you can download it from the HP website, but other times you have to just guess a bit and try a few different ones to see what gives you the best quality.

Wish I had a better answer for you, but a lot of that machine had to do with the old try and fail method until you found a media profile that worked best.

Good luck.

 

[4C Stripper]

Looking for a roll-fed printer. We have a flatbed acuity currently. The majority of our work (which isn't a ton) is banner and label work that is cut out on a plotter cutter. The canon series seems to be overkill for my workload. Any advice on which printer would excel in small to mid length banner runs and label decal work on ABV?

Atlas Tag & Label, Neenah, WI