I'm looking for a 24 inch solvent printer.........

[Legman]

At 62 and after having done about everything a man can do occupationally, I just got into the sign business and am finding that everyone I give a card to wants me to cut a sign for them! Isn't that cool?

To augment my new Graphtec CE5000 I'd like to buy a small solvent printer that will allow me to do decals - like those you might find on a piece of heave equipment. I don't have a pile of money to spend, so maybe someone can point me in the right direction? I'd love to have something 24 inches wide so I can also print 18x24 Coroplast for real estate brokers, etc.

I know that many logos and decals can only be made by printing them, but I'm not savvy as to what I need to do the job. I understand that a so-called "solvent printer" will do this, but is there a cheaper, equally-effective way to print labels and Coroplast without spending $3000, or $4000???? Something used?

Any help??

Please feel free to email med about this, as I don't get much chance to watch this forum. I've been busier than heck!!!!

 

[Poconopete]

Welcome from PA. You can find used solvent printers in the $3-4000 range. Not 24" though. What programs and experience do you have?

 

[Techman]

24" is a waste of time.
a 30" wil be almost what you need. I had a 36" and outgrew it in the first week.
a 54" will do just about every thing will be asked to do. I have a 60"
and do not use the full size very much.

 

[iSign]

24" is a waste of time. ditto
a 30" wil be almost what you need. ditto (except realized a week before buying... because of posts like this)
I had a 36" and outgrew it in the first week.ditto
a 54" will do just about every thing will be asked to do. ditto
I have a 60" and do not use the full size very much.ditto

 

[Legman]

I was a cnc machinist for over 25 years bvut know between zit and a few lines of text about graphics software.

I have all of the high-end stuff and a new, killer computer to work with............


Dell Optiquest with TWO terrabytes of hard drive, 4 gigs of ram, 22 inch Dell flat screen, Flexi Sign "Flexi Sign", all of the Adobe CS3 suite, AND the Corel X4 suite.........all running a new Graphtecc CE5000-60 cutter. Not to mention about $2,500 worth of vinyl and other supplies.

But I DO have a young dude who knows the software end of this, so I'm not totally in the dark.

HEY! How about a 72 inch "Color Span" printer? Will this do what i want to do????? I think it's made by HP.

 

[Techman]

as many will agreee

a 54" will do just about every thing will be asked to do. I have a 60"
and do not use the full size very much.