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can anyone advise on printing with non genuine Mimaki inks?
What are peoples thoughts on printing with non genuine Mimaki inks?
With the prices of inks seeming to go up & up and companies offer equivalent inks at around half price it’s becoming very tempting. Has anyone switched? Are the print results as good?Mod-Edit
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I’m not keen on third party inks.
If I have a problem with my printer I want to make one phone call and have it sorted asap. I don’t want to listen to Mimaki blaming the ink, and the ink manufacturer blaming Mimaki. And all the while that is going on I am out of production, losing far more money than I would have saved by buying cheap ink.
We bought our Mimaki from I-Sub, and get all our ink from them too. Whether their ink prices are a bit more or a bit less than their competitors I neither know nor care, but what I do know is that, when we have a problem, or just an idiot question, the service we receive is impeccable.
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I own o Mimaki JV5-160S, and I only use genuine ink.
But I’m really thinking to start working with third party inks, because we don’t have the service John has!
I want to hear from some people that they all ready using… problems and solutions!
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quote Panos Zourdos:we don’t have the service John has!
I’m sorry to hear that Panos.
You only have to read on here about the problems that can happen with printers to realise that a good service is very valuable indeed.
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im always have been against 3rd party ink but recently tried the Colorific inks, I have to say the experience has been mixed.
1: Original inks do not have a bad smell, the colorific ones do smell and can be harmful if breathed in.
2: the colour comparison tests i have done between original and colorific are very close, i would say the magenta is slightly darker and the yellow is slightly lighter, but we are talking 1-2% here!We done well with the ink but I cannot comment if this is just bad luck but we experienced a line or two in the print heads, we did loose a head recently, but if anything this could be the ink or not, so it will remain a mystery.
If anything that I have learnt about the JV range, 3rd party cartridges seems a safer bet then the bulk ink tank systems.
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I use 3rd party bulk ink (Jetbest) in my JV3 and have never had a problem with it.
I own my printer and do all my own servicing and repairs. My annual cost savings are about $5000 in ink + anything I save doing my own servicing & repairs. Recent repair of broken drive bearing would have cost several thousand to fix using a professional technician, but the replacement bearing was $20 and I completed the job myself in a few hours. Not for everyone I guess, but I refuse to live in fear :lol1:
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Using a JV3 and have recently switched over to ColorSolve inks from Hybrid who supplied the machine and who service it… colour is great and servicing is cheaper now too!
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Hybrid selling compatible ink? Surely some mistake?
original Mimaki and Roland ink is actually manufactured by Epson…….this is a kickback for allowing them to use Epson heads in their machines.
john
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When warranty ran out I moved to 3rd party inks, from print one, half the price of genuine.
long story but I still use third party inks, with a third party maintenance contract, the company supply both so no issues on blaming inks, if the machine goes wrong.
stay with genuine for warranty, but consider third party, combined with maintenance when warranty has expired.
Peter
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Well Coloursolve seems to be a third party ink that Mimaki dealers are offering not just for Mimakis but Roland & Mutoh machines also
Kev
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