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  1. Suggestions Suggestions for new Flatbed printer

    Hi All, Currently we have a JFX200 machine in our shop. It is getting pretty old and we are looking to upgrade. We are a smaller shop focusing on print quality and color consistency first. The current ink setup is CMYK,WH,CL (LUS-150 for color/white LH-100 for clear). I mainly print on Acrylic...
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  2. AZ CET Q-1000 5x10 flatbed UV printer CMYKW with upgrades

    Used CET Q1000 5'x10' flatbed printer. Set up as CMYKW, but can be easily changed to dual row CMYK. She uses Ricoh Gen5 printheads and is serviced regularly by a CET tech. The machine has an upgraded negative air system that saves you during power outages. Included is the computer, screen...

  3. Flatbed Printers - Vanguard Print Settings & 2nd Printer Purchase

    Hello All, We currently have a Vanguard 300D. We mainly print on 5x10 coroplast and I wanted to see what settings you are using on your Vanguard. We have one row of heads on the printer. We print in 8 pass for most prints. We are going to update it to either 2 or 3 rows of heads. Right now...

  4. Need new flatbed - Advice please (NOT HP...)

    We purchased an HP FB550 in December of 2018, so it is just over 2 years old. It has been a bit of a lemon. We have had thermistor issues, encoder strip issues, but the final straw was an ACM headstrike we had last week. It was our fault (damaged leading edge on ACM) and it lead to the head...

  5. Is Vanguard a good printer? Which model is recommended?

    Hello everyone, my shop is interested in purchasing a flatbed and we got recommended Vanguard. I am just curious if those are quality machines, and which model would work best for us. We are a medium volume company, we do a lot of foam core signs and corplast signs and Di-bond. We have just...

  6. Opinion Buying a used flatbed

    My company is looking to buy a flatbed printer, probably used, and I was wondering if anyone had any pros/cons or personal insight to the Vanguard VK300D? I've been reading through old posts and found some information, but this is completely new territory for me. I will be going to see this in...
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