Short Version: We need a new plotter. Not interested in any Graphtec, and I'm skeptical about Mimakis. Thanks in advance.
Long Version: I have officially lost patience with our Graphtec.
After owning the thing for maybe five months it's broken down three times, and we don't even use it that much. Said breakdowns are invariably the result of shoddy manufacturing (the keypad keeps falling back into the housing, the blade on the cutting head doesn't retract properly because there's a plastic burr jamming up the rail, etc.)
We have a Mimaki CG-130 that I don't like much better because it's got no optical alignment (ie, you have to manually align 20 foot runs. GFL, dude.) The Graphtec was actually supposed to replace the old Mimaki, but you can probably see how well that's going.
The plotter that will always hold a special place in my heart is the Gerber Odyssey, which of course, is no longer manufactured. I mention this because I'm hopelessly naive and hope to some day find another plotter that was as good as that thing was.
Such being the case, I hear the occasional good thing about this plotter or that plotter around here, but I don't want to bet the farm on another piece of equipment without getting some professional opinions.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Long Version: I have officially lost patience with our Graphtec.
After owning the thing for maybe five months it's broken down three times, and we don't even use it that much. Said breakdowns are invariably the result of shoddy manufacturing (the keypad keeps falling back into the housing, the blade on the cutting head doesn't retract properly because there's a plastic burr jamming up the rail, etc.)
We have a Mimaki CG-130 that I don't like much better because it's got no optical alignment (ie, you have to manually align 20 foot runs. GFL, dude.) The Graphtec was actually supposed to replace the old Mimaki, but you can probably see how well that's going.
The plotter that will always hold a special place in my heart is the Gerber Odyssey, which of course, is no longer manufactured. I mention this because I'm hopelessly naive and hope to some day find another plotter that was as good as that thing was.
Such being the case, I hear the occasional good thing about this plotter or that plotter around here, but I don't want to bet the farm on another piece of equipment without getting some professional opinions.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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