Question What's your equipment setup?

[bdw99]

Hey everyone, just posting this out of curiosity. I like looking around and seeing what different types of printers and such are out there and am curious on what other shops use.
Our setup is
- HP Latex 570
- Epson V7000
- Summa S2 T
- Fletcher (soon to be keencut)
- Panel Saw.
- GFP Laminator
Whats Yours?

 

[johnnysigns]

Summa S1 Plotter
Axyz Infinite CNC with HSD Spindle, ATC, Tangential knife & Vision
Thunder Laser cutter - Nominal 32x48 bed size
Panel saw
Shopfox shaper/router
(6) heat/line benders for plastics with several adjustable cooling fixtures
An ailing Vanguard VK300D UV flatbed
AGL Laminator

 

[Johnny Best]

4B Fabre Castell clutch pencil with Caslon 300 lb watercolor pad .

 

[spb]

- Roland SP-300V printer/cutter w/ Jetbest bulk ink system - signs, stickers, banners, shirts, posters
- Epson ET-15000 printer - Sublimation
- HP M404dn Color Laserjet - business cards, toner foil transfers, labels
- Chinese heat press - HTV, Sublimation
- Brother PRS-100 - Embroidery
- Pfaff Creative 1.5 - Sewing
- Silhouette Cameo 4 - Fabric cutting, lenticular sheet cutting
- Anycubic Kobra Max 3D Printer

 

[Greg Kelm]

Vutek gs3250lx
Zund G3 3xl
Multiple epson printers
Multiple heat presses
ShopSabre Plasma 5x10
70ton Press Brake
Fuji JPress
Multiple Polar Cutters/Binding Equipment
Multiple finishing tables, E.S. grommet machine
...etc.

 

[Terrance the Deuce]

Hey everyone, just posting this out of curiosity. I like looking around and seeing what different types of printers and such are out there and am curious on what other shops use.
Our setup is
- HP Latex 570
- Epson V7000
- Summa S2 T
- Fletcher (soon to be keencut)
- Panel Saw.
- GFP Laminator
Whats Yours?

HP Latex 360, 1500, 3200- I use these for banners, adhesive vinyl, mesh, etc...
R2000-Latex Flatbed for boards
HP Stitch S1000-dye sub and direct fabric
Digitech Retrojet-direct fabric (mainly flags for amazing bleed through)
Mutoh VJ1638-barely use-most paper and small jobs
Scitex 500, 700 (for sale)-replaced by R2000
Also we grabbed a colorado 1640 cheap at an auction.

3meter Klieverik Heat Press
Summa S2 T160
Colex Sharpcut Table
Seal Base 62
11' roller table
16' roller table
panel saw
Impulsa sewing machine for SEG
Jukis and brothers for other fabric

AMA

 

[RabidOne]

HP Latex 360, 1500, 3200- I use these for banners, adhesive vinyl, mesh, etc...
R2000-Latex Flatbed for boards
HP Stitch S1000-dye sub and direct fabric
Digitech Retrojet-direct fabric (mainly flags for amazing bleed through)
Mutoh VJ1638-barely use-most paper and small jobs
Scitex 500, 700 (for sale)-replaced by R2000
Also we grabbed a colorado 1640 cheap at an auction.

3meter Klieverik Heat Press
Summa S2 T160
Colex Sharpcut Table
Seal Base 62
11' roller table
16' roller table
panel saw
Impulsa sewing machine for SEG
Jukis and brothers for other fabric

AMA

Are you using that 1640 much? What is your experience with it so far?

 

[Terrance the Deuce]

No, I don't use it much. Truthfully it's kind of a pain in the ass. The way it works with setting up medias in Onyx is annoying and not user friendly. It is not a simple printer to operate imo and I've been through a lot of printers. You're probably aware of its limitations with adhesive vinyls (from what I've heard this is fixed on their 1650 but I'll believe it when I see it). I am mainly using it for paper, banner, and I might try PET film on it. I think the print quality on those media is very good compared to other UV printers, but really we only bought it because it was a steal at a going out of business auction of a sign shop 5 min from us and we thought it might come in handy for some of the large wallpaper projects we do. I think one of the main selling points is the speed compared to other 64" printers, which is fair. It is fast, but not compared to our 3200.

 

[White Haus]

Gerber Edge2
Gerber HS15+

Summa D120
Summa S140T
Summa F1612

Roland XR-640
Mimaki UCJV300-160
Oce Arizona 318gl

GBC Titan 1264 WF
Mimaki LA-160W

 

[Boudica]

Roland XR-640
Epson S80600
Kayla Mistral laminator
Agfa Annapurna H2500i LED
Summa S2 Class T

Older equipment:
Roland GX cutter
Roland GR cutter
Royal Sovereign Laminator

 

[RabidOne]

No, I don't use it much. Truthfully it's kind of a pain in the ass. The way it works with setting up medias in Onyx is annoying and not user friendly. It is not a simple printer to operate imo and I've been through a lot of printers. You're probably aware of its limitations with adhesive vinyls (from what I've heard this is fixed on their 1650 but I'll believe it when I see it). I am mainly using it for paper, banner, and I might try PET film on it. I think the print quality on those media is very good compared to other UV printers, but really we only bought it because it was a steal at a going out of business auction of a sign shop 5 min from us and we thought it might come in handy for some of the large wallpaper projects we do. I think one of the main selling points is the speed compared to other 64" printers, which is fair. It is fast, but not compared to our 3200.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[signheremd]

Gerber Edge 2
Gerber Envision

Roland Soljet XR-640
Fluid Color R84 Turbo (4x8 Flatbed UV printer)

Graphtec 5100-75 30"plotter
Graphtec 9000-160 60" plotter

CWT 1640 work table/cold laminator

Fletcher
Panel Saw

 

[Applied Graphics WY]

Looks like I'm pretty small compared to most.
Roland vs540i
Graphtec 9000 (just this year)
Gerber Edge 2
Seal laminator (no heat)

 

[Pauly]

No, I don't use it much. Truthfully it's kind of a pain in the ass. The way it works with setting up medias in Onyx is annoying and not user friendly. It is not a simple printer to operate imo and I've been through a lot of printers. You're probably aware of its limitations with adhesive vinyls (from what I've heard this is fixed on their 1650 but I'll believe it when I see it). I am mainly using it for paper, banner, and I might try PET film on it. I think the print quality on those media is very good compared to other UV printers, but really we only bought it because it was a steal at a going out of business auction of a sign shop 5 min from us and we thought it might come in handy for some of the large wallpaper projects we do. I think one of the main selling points is the speed compared to other 64" printers, which is fair. It is fast, but not compared to our 3200.

1640 is junk compared to the 1650.
Also comparing a 3200 wide vs a 1600 wide is apples and oranges.

 

[CanuckSigns]

Epson s80600
Royal sovereign cold laminator
Graphtec fc8600
Rolls roller
Gerber edge 2
Envision plotter
Summa f1612

Trotec speedy 400
Trotec speedy 300
Epilog Fusion Pro 36
Vision pro 1624
Mactron 50w Fiber laser

Various woodworking & metalworking tools we've picked up along the way.

 

[javagod]

Summa S1 Plotter
Axyz Infinite CNC with HSD Spindle, ATC, Tangential knife & Vision
Thunder Laser cutter - Nominal 32x48 bed size
Panel saw
Shopfox shaper/router
(6) heat/line benders for plastics with several adjustable cooling fixtures
An ailing Vanguard VK300D UV flatbed
AGL Laminator

Hi:

We are looking at a Vanguard 600. What’s ailing on your 300?

 

[PW66]

Small shop

Mimaki CJV150-107 printer for signs, stickers & garments
Graphtec CE 6000-60 cutter for signs and htv
two Epson 1500w (1430 Artisan) for sublimation - mainly garments
Pressmech heatpress
Stahls heatpress
Stahls cap press
Weiss 6/6 screen printing press
Panther 700 conveyor dryer
various finishing equipment

 

[somcalmetim]

Roland VG-540 and VG-640
Chinese Auto Laminator
4'x2' 100W CO2 Laser
TexJet Echo Textile Printer
Crusty Old 6 Color Screen Press

 

[ProSignTN]

I got a 2" flat and a can of linseed oil. Oh yeah, and a pencil.

 

[parrott]

Digitech LTX2
HP Fb700
HP 360
Canon Colorado 1650
(2) Colex sharpcut
Graphtec 64” plotter
Laminators
Edward seagull pneumatic grommet press
Several sewing machines
Panel saw
Slitters, punches, guillotines
Several screen presses
Reclaiming and washout booths

Plenty of other fun tools but this is the day to day.