Who's UV printer has the best quality print

CET Q series with Ricoh heads

 

Corel....or perhaps Adobe.


Wait...that was another looooong discussion we had here on the forum. I'm sure you'll get a variety of answers like that age old debate.
JB

 

Oce and Fuji are the same machine

 

Oce and Fuji are not the same machine. Fuji sell the Acuity which is the Oce Arizona, but that is just one machine they sell. Fuji also sells Inca UV printers.

 

Welcome from PA...............................

 

CET Q series

not to mention you'll pay less for this machine.

 

To print or not to print that is the question. No Seriously.
That question always brings up more questions. Like
How much are you going to spend? How fast do you need to print?
How big do you want to print? and Whatever machine you buy you always
find that one customer who needs something you can't do.

I hear that Pred8tor is pretty good quality. its about $600gs
for the size and speed and market you'd do well with that machine.

 

Correction sorry its $325,000 I was thinking something crazy there.

 

I think you meant the HP FB700 (if not, ignore me). All 3 are good machines, the Oce is probably the highest quality imaging printer, the HP is probably the most user-intuitive. If you're looking at a 98" hybrid printer, the CET Q-series Hybrid can be made in CMYKWx2 (total of 10 heads) and add the R2R option if you would like. All of that is less than 150k. I like the HP, but if white is a necessity for you, the CET is an equal if not better option. The Oce is probably the best of the three when it comes to while ink, but you pay for in in size and cost. Since they are all 4C+white, you could get a better image with the CET XPress1000. It runs spectra heads, can be configures 6C+W (this is the XPress 500), 6Cx2, or CMYK+Wx2, and is ridiculously fast. Just my opinion.

 

CET, regardless of their "stumbles" out of the gate, have been running their own printers in their own wholesale printshop for years. They will be able to support the product for a long time. I'd stick with one of their "standard" offerings, but considering they will do just about any config they can that you ask for, you may be able to get a 14head printer for the best combo of speed and quality. Any newer white ink printer will print about the same, as white ink has always had the same issues and costs about the same. I'd prefer a flatbed, personally, because roll to roll is what solvent is for.

 

i (my new parntership) just bought dg express's used CET 6x10. after kicking the tires of every flatbed out there, there's just no way to compete on price/quality. we will be getting a Q series as soon as the 6x10 konica gets too busy.

 

I wouldn't worry about longevity with CET and Ernie's family money.

I would worry about HP buying them!

 

Research more! Agfa = failure, many times over.

 

How much is that anapurna? If not that much less than the 1224HDC I can tell you firsthand the 1224 is a way more solid machine. The HDC version they sell now is pretty much photo quality on an industrial high production frame.