I'm printing labels on Colorado 1650 and cutting with Graphtec or flatbed , can easily compete on price with afinia systems because media 60" is so cheap
Was trying to figure out how to do roll labels efficiently and found this, ended up getting a laminator with the same slitters and I think it will be possible to weed and slit into rolls in one step. Will play around with it once it gets here.
About $1500 delivered
Just did 20k 2" x 4" labels at 8 cents each, 2hr print, 2hr cut on flatbed. cost me $300 in vinyl and $100 in ink to make.
Doesn't make sense to get a dedicated label printer for relatively small quantities if you have a decent wide format set up