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Print resolution differences on Roland printers

messmedia

New Member
Hi, people.
It is almost SUFFERING with first printer buying decisions. Nothing is good 4 all, everything is good up to a point ... in my budget, of course :{)

Anyway, due to slightly better print quality (mainly because of smaller smallest dot size), and dealer/service provider 10 minutes drive from my shop, I decided earlier to go with 54'' Mutoh VJ 1304 (actually, should place my order TODAY).
But, as my fortune often strikes me (just my luck, I guess) - a Roland dealer contacted me, with an offer that made me hold my order.

They are offering a VersaArt RS 640 printer, 14k euros price (so, no discount), but, I get 30 440ml ESM cartridges with that purchase (offer is open untill the end of this year) - so it is great discount, in my opinion.

And I was going to change my decision (not only because of big ... 3K €... PRESENT I get from Roland, but also I was found of Roland printers earlier, I trust their reliability and color management, - and I decided on Mutoh ONLY BECAUSE OF PRINT QUALITY AND A SERVICE provider being in my town).
But now, searching through RS specifications, I saw it has maximum print resolution 1440x720 dpi, while MUTOH has 1440x1440 dpi.

Now, with bigger smallest dot size - I can understand the look of prints, but what this resolution 1440x720 dpi means? How is it comparing to 1440x1440 - with grain and overall smoothness and print quality?

I know SolJet has 1440x1440 resolution, while VP and RS has this, 1440x720.
I was planing on printing some (not much though, but pretty regular) - art reproductions, photos ... .... for shows we were going to organize so, it is kinda important to get all the info I can on this.

So, anyone have expirience in this? Some sp/vp versacamm user upgraded to SJs? Or general knowledge or expirience from anyone, please?
Thanx in advance ...
 

design unfolds

New Member
I think if you are doing art reproduction, better go for higher quality machine. Actually i do not know Roland VP and SP are 1440dpi x 720dpi. What i can find on their menu is MAX 1440dpi. They didn't mention any 720dpi at all. If that is the case they are very tricky.
 

messmedia

New Member
I know - they're NOT MADE for art REPRODUCTION, what I ment was - we mean to organise some competitions - art, digital art, photography etc and we're gonna print those for show. Now, it doesn't have to be giclee quality or something, but I need machine which will make it , ... OK!

We did something like this already, while I was working for another firm - and we did it on MUTOH VJ 1204.

@design unfolds - I got a link for U (Australian roland, I guess):
http://www.rolanddga.com/products/printers/rs640/default.asp#subNavTop

Also, http://advancedcolorsolutions.com/shopexd.asp?id=843

Now, this bad boy should do reproductions very well (also mentioned in last R-WORLD issue):
http://www.advancedcolorsolutions.com/shopexd.asp?id=736

So, it seems I WANT TO GET THIS ROLAND, but not if my printed outcome much worse than on these MUTOHs. I'll also be doing a lot of stickers, contour cut, doomed, and the letters may be as little as 2'' x 1/2 '', with little text on them (3pt, 5pt), and I can't have my machine do not print that text correctly and as sharp as it must be!
 
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joeshaul

New Member
I have little stickers that I printed out with my SP300V for attaching to the back of small signs that I make, has my company name, address, and phone number. Their dimensions are: 2"x0.5", 10 point arial, 3 lines of text, and look good. Haven't gone much smaller than that though.
 

messmedia

New Member
^ so, different information on different roland sites?

$#*U@(*&^$^ :{)

best not to think 'bout it, huh?

Just let myself go.
Close eyes, get the wallet out and HAND it to the dealer!!! :{)

:{)
 

mac_man_luke

New Member
we have an RS640 and its a great printer - great image quality

we print labels with as little as 6pt type no problems

For photographic quality its not as good as our Epson 7880 (eg 8 colour water-based)
but its perfectly adequate for its purpose
 

messmedia

New Member
So, all good news for me and my business, and my clients, and ... .
Bad news for my wallet!
THANK YOU ALL, people
 
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