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All right after some thought, I realized I was being a hypocrite on this. Every time I see someone wanting to buy a Chinese cutter I always recommend they by Roland or Graphtec and stay away from the cheap ones. So with that said I need to take my own advise on this one too, unfortunately I...

We went from Roland SP540 to HP 335, I think one of the main things to look between these two models is the max weight of material it can handle. I was thinking the 310 was around 50 lbs. A lot of new rolls are heavier than that. We run mostly 54" in it, but do stock a roll of 64...

Thanks for the info, Someone from OCE called me yesterday and is supposed to get their more local rep to contact me. I also have another US supplier calling me tomorrow, not sure what brand they offer yet.

So what brand would you advise not to buy?

2 cents taken, thanks!

I'm not a High Production shop. Would like to use it for smaller interior signs, ADA signs, acrylic displays, smaller signs on acm, maybe custom printed faces on letters we cut out on the CNC. But to introduce to the shop it and keep it busy we sell a lot of 24"x36" foamcore signs, and I can...

Thanks for the Information. I agree not all from China is bad, I own a Chinese Laser, It's paid for itself and was the only was I could afford to add a laser for a small production shop.

. Thanks, I'll take a look.

So here is my issue, I like the footprint of this machine and print size 24"x36". I am having a hard time finding a US brand in this size. The one US brand I did find is a Chinese import. Does anyone know a brand that offers something in this size?

Typically if we use the laser for letters we use acrylic,. But we normally us our CNC router for letters have have way more options for material.

This one can use Nazdar UV Inks. But this one would be more like a 10K paper weight, no way I'd trust a $1400 machine.

Thanks for the input so far. They are shipping me samples they are going to print Monday, I'll see how they look and do more research. It won't be a high production machine for us but a fill in for things we can do easier or add into what we already do. I really like the size of this. I...

It wouldn't be my first time importing from China, we purchased a laser 2 years ago. I had a little learning curve, mostly because I never ran a laser before. And it had a flaky motion control and software, upgraded that on my own. I actually was a printer tech for 7 years before I went full...

We have been talking with a Chinese manufacturer of Printing equipment and are thinking about this UV Flatbed printer FC-UV9060_Shanghai Zhenshi Industry Co.,LTD Anyone one have experience on UV flatbeds or have purchased Chinese? What do I need to look for or be aware of?

I have 2 full time employees plus me, over a quarter million dollars in sales with growth every year, been in business for 17 years. I don't really like doing the "I need a car decal" or "I need a garage sale sign", normally my first line is that we are primarily a commercial sign shop and...

I have been $20 for I don't know how long, it's those times for the right client that something takes you 5 minutes to make and they may give you several grand in orders every year, I'm not going to try to make them pay $100 plus for it. Last week I had a client order 2 small decals for the...

Can I ask where the magical number of 12 miles came from? Just curious.

Yep, I know that, just trying to get a feel for an average. And there is actually a Hicksville about an hour and a half away from here, lol

Thanks for the input, nice to hear from someone so close to hear what they charge. I do feel sharing pricing with others makes our industry stronger as a whole, because I really don't want to be the cheep guy or know that I'm 50% less than the other guy. I will probably make adjustments.

Most of ours around here take 1 to 2 hours to dig and set. We only have to go 30in here