HP 5500 UV for kits graphics

[YourSticker]

Hello,
I am from the area of stickers for bikes and motorcycles 4, and usually work with an outside company but is not the same thing than having the printer itself.


I was watching an HP 5500 UV inks liter at a good price to buy, know tell me if this printer is good for my work?


Thank you all.
Best regards.

 

[Bill Modzel]

No, it is not a good printer for your decals. UV on this printer is just a pigmented aqueous inkset, not the UV curable inks that you may be thinking of. The 5500 is more of a poster printer although there are certainly adhesive vinyls that are coated to accept this inks and give you a decent outdoor stability but nothing like a good solvent, latex or UV curable printer will give you.

The 5500 is an OLD printer. I got rid of mine at least 10 years ago and I had both the dye and UV inksets for it.

 

[Billct2]

No

 

[YourSticker]

By the way the HP Designjet 8000s is for the job I want?


Thank you!

 

[Hotspur]

Motorbike Decals

By the way the HP Designjet 8000s is for the job I want?


Thank you!

The best device for this application is a Summa DC5 - it prints and cuts using spot colors and fancy golds, silvers, holographics etc and outlasts any solvent outdoors.

These are the default printers for small vehicles that will undergo aggressive environments (most F1 teams have one) most motorbike and karting specialists have them too.

Also most airplane decals are done with DC5's

Main downside is the consumables are more expensive so not economically viable for full vehicle wraps and they are not great at continuous tone work - you get a screen pattern for this type of image - but for vector work in this type of application environment they are the default choice.