Recent content by feckmo

Great info, thank you again. And my understanding is that the five head 5x10 can be upgraded down the road, so maybe that's the best route to go. Decisions, decisions... ;)

Excellent point. My dealer already said that Mimaki is handling all service on these machines for the foreseeable future. I read that to mean "until they have all the bugs shaken out" which really doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling about it. Like you said, the tech is known, but the...

Good conversation with Digitech today, still waiting on quotes. Their machines are very impressive but also sound pretty spendy. We'll see when the quotes actually come in. I do like their philosophy on build quality and maintenance, and I love the print capacity (6"!!!) Also like that...

Thanks for your feedback. Budget is outlined above. Also mentioned that speed is the lowest of my main priorities -- the faster, the better, but not at the expense of priorities 1-5. Other than head height, bed size and my list of priorities, I'm not sure what other "numbers" there are. I...

Thanks so much for all the input! Digitech was not on my radar, but I'll put them there now and call on Monday. Vanguard as well. It would be easier to just get the Mimaki since it's a known commodity, but due diligence seems wise when spending this kind of coin. ;) That said, I keep coming...

Thanks for the suggestions so far! Budget is up to $250K or so. The quote I got on the swissQ is around $270K but that's their "budget" machine. :eek: The EFI Pro 30F looks really, really good the more I read up on it. Stout build, oversize bed, fast, good output, good support. Seems like a...

Hi All, I'm in the market for a flatbed UV to replace my Mimaki JFX200-2513. The JFX600 seems like the obvious choice, but I'm also getting quotes on an EFI PRO 30f and a swissQprint Oryx 4. I'd love some suggestions if there are other compelling machines I should be looking at this level...

Good info, thanks! Yes, upon closer examination, the three places I was looking at are all based in Indonesia. I wonder why? What legitimate (preferably US) resellers would people recommend? I'm not sure at this point if it's worth fixing or scrapping/selling for parts since I have already...

Agreed. I'm thinking the same thing, so I'll probably focus there. This printer uses a DX7 head, correct? Does anyone have a good, low-cost source they can suggest for them? I believe my local dealer wants roughly $2K just for the head which seems excessive. I have found others that...

Thanks for the replies! I have had the machine for maybe 5 or 6 years and was never told about needing to swap tanks out so that was never done. Can't be good. Otherwise, I have replaced the head cables which didn't help, but not the cables from main to carriage board. I'll give that a try...

Hi All, I have a VersaArt RE-640 that was loaded by the dealer with dye-sub inks (Sensient). It has worked well for years, but recently it began totally scrambling prints -- basically printing all colors all the time. Think muddy brown/black bands the entire length of the print media. When I do...

We have a couple sheets coming from Grimco today -- one primed, one fully painted. Painted sheets are more expensive than you mentioned ($95 for one sheet painted both sides), but worth it for testing and possibly even production. We also have a sheet of *outdoor-rated* PVC coming next...

Agreed. Good info. Definitely trying to avoid excessive extra work. We will be CNC routing all boards to shape, so edges would have to be dealt with anyway. I like the MDO idea, but I have never worked with it. What does "properly done" look like? Also, any suggestions where to get it? I...

Great info, thanks to all. I was mostly just curious whether there would be any issues of print adhesion with UV inks on painted wood, but it sounds like there are no worries there. For our project, we're using birch plywood from Home Depot, so we'll likely try the pre-stain conditioner...

Hi all, We have a Mimaki JFX200-2513 flatbed UV printer and need to print directly on sheets of 1/2" plywood. We've run a few tests using the printer's white ink as an underbase that have gone well, but white ink is expensive and takes forever (2 pass for coverage). That said, we would like...