BadCompany
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Okay, I a complete newbie in wide format printers so I can use any and all possible help.
My problem.....
I want to do something that requires a fair amount of printing on 60inch rolls of paper. My problem is that I have to buy from 80,000 ft2 to 160,000 ft2 of printed paper at a time because it comes from a roto graveura printer. I need over a dozen designs so even my start up is somewhere in a million feet of paper and $80,000. It is a four color jobs. Current costs on 45 gram paper, my cost would be about 8-9 cents a square foot.
Solution...
Can I buy a wide format printer, about 60 inces wide that can print at a decent speed? How fast for how much? It is mostly children designs and woodgrains with a CONTINUES repeated design,
How much is my ink costs? 5 cents a square foot is good. Less is good Less is better.
I will cover the paper with uv coating.
Can they run semi-unattended?
How long will the printer last?
Besides ink, what are the other consumables.
Are they reliable or am I going to bury my head in it's guts every day?
And last but not least.....Am I crazy?
I would really appreciate any help from people who actually have printers. When I talked to HP salesman, they could smell my lack of knowledge a mile away. Besides, their ink costs make it unattractive.
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My problem.....
I want to do something that requires a fair amount of printing on 60inch rolls of paper. My problem is that I have to buy from 80,000 ft2 to 160,000 ft2 of printed paper at a time because it comes from a roto graveura printer. I need over a dozen designs so even my start up is somewhere in a million feet of paper and $80,000. It is a four color jobs. Current costs on 45 gram paper, my cost would be about 8-9 cents a square foot.
Solution...
Can I buy a wide format printer, about 60 inces wide that can print at a decent speed? How fast for how much? It is mostly children designs and woodgrains with a CONTINUES repeated design,
How much is my ink costs? 5 cents a square foot is good. Less is good Less is better.
I will cover the paper with uv coating.
Can they run semi-unattended?
How long will the printer last?
Besides ink, what are the other consumables.
Are they reliable or am I going to bury my head in it's guts every day?
And last but not least.....Am I crazy?
I would really appreciate any help from people who actually have printers. When I talked to HP salesman, they could smell my lack of knowledge a mile away. Besides, their ink costs make it unattractive.
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