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New Latex Flatbed Info.
- Thread starter BigfishDM
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ChrisN
New Member
I find it amusing that they tout the low cost of operation. My ink costs over twice as much per liter, yet average ink costs run less than $0.08/sq.ft. per our RIP. Unless that $0.18/sq.ft. is with full flood white?
Build your own profile and shop your own ink. Should be .05 to .07.
Did I read the post correct about it being Six 4x8 boards per hour on CMYK? I've not had time to read into it as of yet. Just reading the notes from you guys right now.
I would think this is a step down to EFI or Durst when competing for production based on the price alone, but that number is over a decade old for production times from their competitors. I think the EFI Vutek H3 is popping out 60+ per hour & up to 109 with 5 head rows. I hope to see plenty of Vutek GS3250's hit the market after this summer as the big boys beef up their printer line-ups for the end of year by adding the H3 series.
Our decade old Vutek QS only takes about 6-7 minutes to print with no banding and we are printing 8 long, not wide. We only print in the production mode with light smoothing.
How many sheets can this new HP Flatbed produce per hour for production mode with no banding?
I'm happy to see HP break into the flatbed market with latex. I hope they keep improving like they have with their small format roll-to-roll printers. We love our latex, sure they have some issues, but what printer does not?
This printer looks like a nice option for the smaller mid range shops. I'm sure the prints look great and they will have it ready to put smiles on the faces of those lucky enough to buy it. I just wish it would have been able to print much faster to get some of the GS series on the market faster..lol.
I would think this is a step down to EFI or Durst when competing for production based on the price alone, but that number is over a decade old for production times from their competitors. I think the EFI Vutek H3 is popping out 60+ per hour & up to 109 with 5 head rows. I hope to see plenty of Vutek GS3250's hit the market after this summer as the big boys beef up their printer line-ups for the end of year by adding the H3 series.
Our decade old Vutek QS only takes about 6-7 minutes to print with no banding and we are printing 8 long, not wide. We only print in the production mode with light smoothing.
How many sheets can this new HP Flatbed produce per hour for production mode with no banding?
I'm happy to see HP break into the flatbed market with latex. I hope they keep improving like they have with their small format roll-to-roll printers. We love our latex, sure they have some issues, but what printer does not?
This printer looks like a nice option for the smaller mid range shops. I'm sure the prints look great and they will have it ready to put smiles on the faces of those lucky enough to buy it. I just wish it would have been able to print much faster to get some of the GS series on the market faster..lol.
Quark
Merchant Member
My understanding it is a 98” wide printer so it won’t matter to any serious 126” hp3000 users. It’s not an alternative, it’s a diversification
Christian @ 2CT Media
Active Member
I couldn't tell its there other than the ink is glossier. The point of it now is that it's selectable to aid in lamination, you turn it off if you are laminating and on if you are not (at least that's how it was explained to me).