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On reflective materials to get a block out you will need a white under base since CMYK are transparent. Flooding too much color will have negative effects.

We use the Palight Premium through Grimco. We had a JFX200 and it worked just fine for us.

The Mimaki JFX200 is a great machine. Ran one for many years. Upgraded to the EFI 24F for the faster speeds. The Mimaki is about 15 minutes per 4x8 board and the EFI is about 5-6 minutes per board.

And when they run out in about a year or two there will be no service or parts available for them. I would stay clear of them.

Patrick- I think they are great machines. We were part of the early adopter for the 24f and had the first machine out. I would definitely buy another.

Use a paint similar to One Shot Oil based enamel. That is how pre painted wood substrates comes from suppliers.

I am not sure of current pricing my guess would be $125,000 range. I print acrylic all the time no issues. We also run custom shapes on acrylic and route on a Zund and ink adheres fine using the 3M ink it came with.

EFI Pro 16H is a great hybrid printer. We have it and the Pro 24F. Cost will be higher than some of the other units mentioned but no issues with mine.

Mimaki JFX200 is a great machine. We ran one for 5 years. Had to upgrade to a faster machine though.

Set your layers in illustrator send to Prep Center it then rips out your print file and cut file to the assigned folders. Print your job, scan the barcode and Zund cut Center will tell you what tool you need and start cutting. Really easy to use and fool proof for operators.

better build, ease of use on software, ease of changing tooling. I know of a few large shops that had Esko and switched to Zund and said they would never go back and have 3 of the largest Zund tables you can get. We have had our machine over two years and have not had a tech visit yet.

I would say neither and get a Zund. When we looked into them the Zund was a far better machine over the Esko platforms.

I would wither use transparent vinyl or find someone locally that can print color white color with the back color layer at about 50%. That is the best way we have found to print a backlit sign to where it looks good day and night.

We use a EFI printers to print all of our acrylic and backlit applications. Color white Color when you print and it comes out amazing. Much easier than eco solvent inks. I would suggest having the manufacturer print test files for you then you can get them back and cut them as well.

About 8 years ago I scrapped one out. Used it as a trade in on a new machine and they wanted nothing to do with it. I basically took it apart and trashed all but the metal. You wont make much but it was fun tearing into it and seeing how it was built. We kept the extension tables and use...

Not sure what the plastic is but try some of the vinyls like Arlon 8000 that are meant for low energy plastics.

I woudl just get a machine that will read registration marks. Any other way seems like more work than needs to be done. We have a Zund and it is awesome. In the 3 years it has been off maybe a 16th inch a few times.

You have to manually adjust the pressure valves on the back of the machine opposite side of the carriage.

We use the Stahls Hotronix. We have the dual air fusion and 2 of the standard fusion presses. The air versions are nice as you dont have to set the pressure manually.

We have a 4'x4' Gerber we are not using. Not sure if the owner would be interested in selling or not.