Encad 1200i

[yamaha581]

Hey everyone,
Theres someone with an Encad 1200i for sale around me and I was looking at it. My question is would I be able to print on uncoated vinyl with it. It has the heater on it. Does Encad make an ink that would work with uncoated vinyl and not fade?
Thanks!

 

[GAC05]

I don't think so. It uses water based ink. They offer a pigment inkset but it will only work with coated media and needs to be laminated to hold up outside. You can get a year or 2 out of them with lam before they fail depending on the application and conditions.
It's a nice indoor printer but not so good for exterior.

wayne k
guam usa

 

[CP Signs]

6 months with 210 lam and it starts to bleed. I had one. Biggest pain in the shorts I ever had. Everything for it is expensive and hard to find. Stay away, run forest run.

 

[iprint]

I had 2 1000i's for 7 years with little to no hiccups. The 1200i is actually the kodak branded printer of the same variety. A pretty straight forward printer that needed very little maintenance. Inks were becoming scarce before I retired them. I am guessing because of the whole Kodak bankruptcy deal. Could not find a third-party ink for them, not to say that one doesn't exist. Definitely not for outdoor use and not on uncoated medias. They cruised along at 4-pass bidiriectional producing about 100 sqr ft. an hour. Overnight printing was a no brainer.