Oce Colorado

No complaints here, almost 4 months since install. It's a very fast printer, much faster than our dual-head epsons. The print quality is very saleable on HQ mode, and still very fast, about 75 minutes for a full roll(54").
We also have many short term jobs which no longer require lamination as you can pretty aggressively squeege the ink with no worries of scratching.

 

Maintenance is once a month, takes maybe 10 minutes if your thorough. Initial warm-up in the morning is 7 minutes.....after that it's ready to print all day as fast as you can feed rolls into it.

 

Do you see banding in HQ mode?

 

The only thing I have heard is that OCE Colorado is terrible for vehicle wraps. The ink chips off the vinyl easily.

 

In HQ mode, the printer corrects automatically for any banding. This feature is not available on the high volume speeds.

The Colorado is not ideal at all as a wrap printer, much like any UV machine.
We have produced large flat surface vehicle/equipment graphics and they laid fine, I would recommend knifeless tape for any required trimming however.

 

Yes it does, I turned them off a couple months ago and am yet to see any banding of any kind in HQ mode.

 

anyone using a UV printer for vehicles wraps..needs to educate themselves. Also - You should look at the R1000 or 2000 from HP before purchasing.