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can anyone help with cadet info and finance please?
Hi all.
Having been to a local trade show in Belfast the other day and thinking about which printer is best to upgrade to next, I am now seriously investigating the wide format inkjet route.
At the top of the forum, it mentions Cadet from £38 per week. The website doesn’t seem to have any info on that. Could anyone fill me in on that please?
Also, what is the quality of the plotter like on the cadet. Is it good enough for small (7-10mm) text?
Other than vehicle graphics, what work could I target for a cadet in order to justify the expense? I get the impression that not many people are willing to spend the money for van wraps etc?
Finally, what would your advice be regarding the orders the cadet cant do, ie very small quantities of stickers that require a white primer. I do quite a few of these as a large part of my business is involved in car clubs.
Any help is greatly recieved. I don’t want to run before I can walk but I am feeling severely restricted in the work I can do now.
Thanks
Kennyquick edit, how much is a Roland Versacamm?
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the cadet you mention thats £38 week i think is the 1 you have to purchase a min of £125 a month media from them ie: ink/vinyl which when you look at the total price over the time of the rental/purchase is a bit hefty.
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Thats about the going rate for lease/lease purchase over 4 or five years.
But it could work out a lot cheaper to borrow the money from a bank or building society, always look at the total repayment cost, ignore any interest rates and weekly/monthly costs. The total repayable is the only figure that is relevant. Always budget to repay as quick as you can, technology moves quickly, so in 4 years time you may still owe money on an out of date machine.Peter
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Thanks for that.
Further to that, apart from vehicle graphics, are there any markets you could tap into to keep an inkjet busy? I can’t forsee there being enough local trade in full colour commercial graphics.
Kenny
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Use your imagination, anything that was once done in vinyl, can pretty much be done on a printer, only with a lot more creativity and colour. Windows, shop fronts, a boards, shop internals, just about any vinyl signage application you could dream of……
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Flags, posters, canvas prints, banners, 2-way vision window film……..
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quote Kenny Ramsey:Further to that, apart from vehicle graphics, are there any markets you could tap into to keep an inkjet busy? I can’t forsee there being enough local trade in full colour commercial graphics.
Kennytheres loads to get into try not to think pessimistically (wow big word for me) …the minute your customer knows you can do full colour graphics and do a good job…word of mouth from there on, ive not looked back since purchasing my cadet…..people want full colour now as its in the public eye everyday 😉
nik
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I recently cut lots of 8mm text on my cadet, I was using a 30 degree blade and had no trouble at all. Text was all upper case, and it weeded without any trouble.
Frank
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