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  • Does anyone have any comments on the Rockhopper 2 printer?

    Posted by M Brown on November 13, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    Hi All,

    Does anyone have any comments on the Rockhopper 2 printer. Is it any good or is it worth staying away from a second hand one?

    Your comments please.

    From
    Mark

    Mathew Gibson replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
  • 5 Replies
  • Mathew Gibson

    Member
    January 24, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    Hi Mate how you doing i use a rockhopper 2 but mine is branded from spandex and they call it a jetster ive had a few problems recently the mains board has gone £606.00 + Vat + Fitting and call out charge over £1000.00 the good thing about this machine apart from the board odviously are cheap new heads are only £60 Hope this helps print quality is good aswell!!!!

  • Fred McLean

    Member
    January 24, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    Mark,we’ve a branded spandex one as well.
    Had it 14 months now only probs was the hoses to the head burst.They’ve been upgraded under warranty
    Print quality is great
    Matt how old is your one if a boards gone already? 😮

  • Mathew Gibson

    Member
    January 24, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    18 Months old mate! When spandex sold me the machine they sold me the light version of the software but failed to inform me. During large prints it just stops and error message says failed to send data to port they gave me upgrade but still did it so they inform me that it can only be the board??? Have you had any other problems??

  • Fred McLean

    Member
    January 24, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    Same light software as well Matt.
    Are you printing straight to the jetster?
    We’re printing to a printer folder first which in turn sends it to the jetster
    Had no problems doing it that way.
    Hope you haven’t shelled out a grand unnecessarily!!
    😮 👿

  • Mathew Gibson

    Member
    January 24, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    How did you set up the print folder yes im printing straight to it tried print queues but didnt make a difference havent had it installed yet?

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