Should i buy Mutoh Falcon Outdoor or Not

[tomence]

Hi there everyone
I am planing to buy a digital printer and for what i need is to be able to print semi truck sing not wider than 24 inch and was looking at a mutoh falcon outdoor it is 38" printer in good working condition and price is around $3500 so should i buy these printer or maybe save some more money and buy roland sp300v for around $6500
thanks

 

[luggnut]

38" you are gonna wish you went bigger... the falcons printer OK but are kind of slow. i have the 46"... i'm hoping to move up to at least the VJ1204 48" someday.

and $3500 sounds a little steep.. it better be in perfect working order.

 

[Compilla]

I think the price it is a little too high, Does it come with FlexiSignPro?

 

[mark in tx]

I had one and it was the worst piece of junk I ever tried to use.

Seriously.

Run away, don't walk.

From the machine being very hard to keep clean, to randomly forgetting settings, to some days it just would not work without powering up and down in between prints, to the machine deciding that a roll of media was a sheet and shooting 50 feet of vinyl out the front, to cross contamination of the heads, random nozzle firings, bad test prints, no test prints, just about everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.

Other than that, it was a total P.O.S.

 

[graceman]

If you learn how to use it and take a good care of it, then go for it. It is easy to maintain. Used FO38 (or Rockhopper 38) are sold for 2K USD here in europe. The only drawback is the speed...

 

[luggnut]

i disagree with it being a total piece of crap...

i have one (the 46") and so do (or did) a lot of others on this board, and it can make you some money. its not the fastest but neither were the earlier versacamms (we had one of the earlier ones) and the print quality is the same as the versa i had experience with. (the latest versa models i think they have sped them up?)

that price is a little steep though (unless it does come with flexi?) and does it work ?

 

[Compilla]

I had one and it was the worst piece of junk I ever tried to use.

Seriously.
.

Just like Randya said:


"In the hands of a skilled operator these produce great output. "

 

[Vital Designs]

I had one and it was the worst piece of junk I ever tried to use.

Seriously.

Run away, don't walk.

From the machine being very hard to keep clean, to randomly forgetting settings, to some days it just would not work without powering up and down in between prints, to the machine deciding that a roll of media was a sheet and shooting 50 feet of vinyl out the front, to cross contamination of the heads, random nozzle firings, bad test prints, no test prints, just about everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.

Other than that, it was a total P.O.S.

I completely second that!

 

[tomence]

i believe the guy told me it comes with software i didnt ask which one coz i was not sure if i want this printer and about the price i think it is little expensive since it doesnt cut, so i dont know i mean i have $3000 to spend on a printer any other suggestions and like i said i need to be able to print as wide as 24" so i am not looking for wider printer at this time.
thanks