About new Roland Pro4 XR-640EX

[Real Deal]

Hi all, I'm new here wish can get some feed back on Pro4 XR-640.
Im thinking to upgrade our print equipment to growing our business, so after i did some research on Pro4 someone saying that 2 printhead need to replace new one after 2 years use, is this true?

Please give us some 360 feedback on this machine, much appreciate.

 

[synergy_jim]

Hi all, I'm new here wish can get some feed back on Pro4 XR-640.
Im thinking to upgrade our print equipment to growing our business, so after i did some research on Pro4 someone saying that 2 printhead need to replace new one after 2 years use, is this true?

Please give us some 360 feedback on this machine, much appreciate.

No issues here. Don't get silver because no one really wants it. The white is nice if you need it. Roland threw a 3 year all parts warranty on ours.

 

[Real Deal]

No issues here. Don't get silver because no one really wants it. The white is nice if you need it. Roland threw a 3 year all parts warranty on ours.

Hi Jim, thx for prompt reply, do you get Light CMYK on yours and is this good feature to have it?
And the 3 year all parts warranty, is this roland offer you the discount or its standard?

 

[synergy_jim]

Hi Jim, thx for prompt reply, do you get Light CMYK on yours and is this good feature to have it?
And the 3 year all parts warranty, is this roland offer you the discount or its standard?

We have 6 color + white + silver. We now run a cleaning cartridge in the silver channel.

If I was doing it all over again, I would have gone light black or CMYK X 2 config. I do like having white though.....

 

[Real Deal]

We have 6 color + white + silver. We now run a cleaning cartridge in the silver channel.

If I was doing it all over again, I would have gone light black or CMYK X 2 config. I do like having white though.....

Hey, yes I'm thinking to get 1 light back and 1 white with M x 2 and Y x 2, maybe this is good enough for it. what do you think?

 

[synergy_jim]

We've had ours for almost a year and it's been great. We have ours with CMYK Lc Lm Lk W and are happy with that decision. The Lk makes a HUGE difference for printing greys and the white is great for backing clear decals and prints. White is painfully slow when printing and is definitely not 100% opaque but as long as you know it's limitations it's a great asset.

We've had some issues with the take up reel which hasn't tracked properly from the beginning but it is being replaced shortly which I'm hoping will eliminate the only issue we've had with it.

Overall - print speed, quality, and color gamut is very impressive, even compared to our older XC-540 Soljet 3.

Ps. Welcome from Winnipeg. Where abouts are you in Canada?

Agreed... we moved from the XC540 also and while it was bulletproof ( 2 capping stations in 5 years ) I will say this XR will run circles around it. Zero DOWN TIME!!!!!

 

[Real Deal]

We've had ours for almost a year and it's been great. We have ours with CMYK Lc Lm Lk W and are happy with that decision. The Lk makes a HUGE difference for printing greys and the white is great for backing clear decals and prints. White is painfully slow when printing and is definitely not 100% opaque but as long as you know it's limitations it's a great asset.

We've had some issues with the take up reel which hasn't tracked properly from the beginning but it is being replaced shortly which I'm hoping will eliminate the only issue we've had with it.

Overall - print speed, quality, and color gamut is very impressive, even compared to our older XC-540 Soljet 3.

Ps. Welcome from Winnipeg. Where abouts are you in Canada?

Hi Pat, thx for your comon yes we are in Toronto and could you please explain more how to use white ink about to print clear on decal an so on...

 

[Behrmon]

Our XR-640 was installed 2 days ago to run along side our 540, so far so good, even tho only a couple days I've run her pretty solid with no real qualms yet other than needing some profiles that are not yet available. we went w/ the CMYKcmk/Wht, I will be running the first run of 2k decal on clear with White next week so I will throw in some feedback then.

 

[CanuckSigns]

We've had ours for almost a year and it's been great. We have ours with CMYK Lc Lm Lk W and are happy with that decision. The Lk makes a HUGE difference for printing greys and the white is great for backing clear decals and prints. White is painfully slow when printing and is definitely not 100% opaque but as long as you know it's limitations it's a great asset.

We've had some issues with the take up reel which hasn't tracked properly from the beginning but it is being replaced shortly which I'm hoping will eliminate the only issue we've had with it.

Overall - print speed, quality, and color gamut is very impressive, even compared to our older XC-540 Soljet 3.

Ps. Welcome from Winnipeg. Where abouts are you in Canada?

How does the white compare to the gerber edge? I'm considering adding white to our next printer but I've heard mixed reviews

 

[Real Deal]

Our XR-640 was installed 2 days ago to run along side our 540, so far so good, even tho only a couple days I've run her pretty solid with no real qualms yet other than needing some profiles that are not yet available. we went w/ the CMYKcmk/Wht, I will be running the first run of 2k decal on clear with White next week so I will throw in some feedback then.

Great, waiting for your result

Thx

 

[Real Deal]

Here are some links about printing w/ white ink. I would suggest getting samples from your local dealer to ensure you know what to expect with the white prints.

http://www.rolanddg.co.in/files/XR-640_USE2_EN_R2.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKgFnNaBBXU

Thx Pat