thermal printers

[petepaz]

any one have first hand experience with the matan large thermal printers?
do they print and cut?
how about laminate?
are they easy to use?
4 foils in the machine at once all sounds like a better version of the edge?

 

[signage]

The summa also holds more than one foil at a time I think its 8.

 

[PGSigns]

They look very nice and quick to compared to my Summa but at 85K its very expencive for a 36 or 40 inch printer.
Jimmy

 

[signage]

Jimmy how are thing going with the summa?

 

[PGSigns]

I think I have gotten to know it well and feel comfortable with it now. The learning curve going from cut vinyl only to doing print work was a strain on the old brain but I survived. The machine does very well and fits what I do. The biggest problem I have had to over come is that there are so few out right now and information from others experience is hard to come by. So I have burned up a lot of materials looking for the edge of what it will and wont do.
Jimmy

 

[Checkers]

Hiya Pete,
I never been exposed to one yet. However, I know of one shop, up in Canada, using a Matan and he seems to like it, or at least, he has nothing bad to say about it

Checkers

 

[dclet]

Matan is the "cadillac" of the thermal printing world. You will not find better
quality. But it comes at a price that most companies can not afford. They do not cut. If I had the money I would buy it in a heartbeat.


The summa stuff does well and is a close second.
If you want more info~SummaUsersLink

 

[petepaz]

thanks
this may be a purchase for next year unless they come out with a solvent printer that prints white with out problems
we started with the edge and i love it but it has a lot of restrictions
size, speed, changing foils.......