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Step 1. Get rid of HP. The biggest hack in the industry. Don’t drink the kool-aide.

I second the Digitech comment. Yes they are more expensive but you paying for quality built machines. We are coming up on year 3 with ours and close to 3 million square feet printed. We have had ZERO service calls. That blows my damn mind! Great company and cannot say enough good stuff...

You are going to have a very hard time matching a screen printed fire red (different animals). We have shifted a lot of our screen printed vinyl to the Colorado but there are definitely limitations. You obviously need to be matching closer to the process version but still will have a hard time...

We went away from HP due to their business model and awful support. Best part…not having to deal with HP anymore. One of the most frustrating things I have ever experienced.

Do you have a Piedmont Plastics or Polymershapes? They are both great plastic suppliers. If not, you may look into buying by truckload. Its usually roughly 25 pallets per truck, but it if you are using any quantity that may be the best option. There is also less handling and likelihood of...

Our 3rd party supplier used to reprogram old HP chips that worked when configured but no longer do that. Now the HP chips don't work either. I don't understand what's changed.

I have had the same chip error problem with OEM ink and 3rd party. Have not been able to find a resolution for either.

Have had the same issue on all of our inks. Would to see if anybody has found a resolution.

There are much better options available than HP. Look into other manufacturers Canon, Vanguard, Digitech, EFI. All depends on price point and what you need to achieve.

Having both I would absolutely go with the dedicated true flatbed and dedicated roll to roll. The quality and production is much better. Hybrids are great on paper but does neither very well.

I’m curious to know what settings (strategy) most people are running. On banner we have to run strategy 2 or else we get random banding even with enhanced marks. Don’t know if it’s our material or profile.

I am the complete opposite. I would rather print corrugated all day long. Vehicle graphics is as down and dirty as corrugated. You have so many side hustlers doing it out of their garage, basement, etc. People designing, printing and installing at close to my material cost. Not to mention...

We print truckloads of corrugated. Never handle with any special care nor clean with alcohol. It’s a matter of having the right equipment with correct ink setup. No fingerprints, adhesion or color issues. Gino makes a point but I don’t agree with him. If you are trying to compete with...

On week 1 of running our 1650. I really like this machine but it is not as fast as I would have hoped. Granted, I have not had a chance to completely dial it in. Still building profiles and testing where we want to be on day to day production. It is definitely a more expensive machine but I...

Maybe I should have read this entire thread, but 80% of what you are printing is made over seas. Your materials, your equipment and most of your software. Buy domestic when you can and support those companies that are trying to keep it in the states. One of the only American made companies is...

We are running caldera and they are encouraging us to switch to onyx. Not gonna switch all of our equipment/software over for 1 printer. It sounds like there are not as many profiles through caldera. It’s hard to imagine there are only a few people using this printer with caldera.

They are telling me 2 days for install/training. That seemed awfully short to me. I feel like they are rushing to get this printer placed/installed the week of thanksgiving.

FireSprint…great meeting you all at Print United. Hopefully they get you all situated and smooth sailing. How was everybody’s install? They are wanting to install us the week of thanksgiving and I want to make sure I’m not getting short changed. We close at noon on Wednesday. Is that...

Bought it for 55k

Felt very similar about the Canon reps. That being said, I bought the floor model from them. Lol.