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Latex vs Solvent, views and opinions please?
Hi guys I bet it’s been on here a million times but looks like the HP latex machines have got better over the last few years. Everyone who has them seems to like them. I’ve got a seiko M64s and it’s been a good printer but warranty gone and I’ve replaced one head already at £2500+vat and might need to change another one!! And there’s 7!!!!
If I stay with solvent there’s some good deals on mimaki and epson that might get the green light. But I can’t seem to get the latex printers out of my head thinking they can print on a lot more media’s so they say?? Any advice would be great[emoji1360] anyone gone from solvent to latex??? Let’s hear you opinions!? -
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Started out on latex and never looked back so cant give you a from to description but I can say I would never look to change, even costs wise I know solvents make it a lot cheaper with bulk ink etc but knowing you can turn a print round in 20 minutes with laminate if your desperate is like nothing else. Back with the 26500 there were quite a few substrates you had to be a little choosy with but now on the 3 series ive never had an issue so long as you make sure its made for Latex printers and from a good supplier (ie not someone who just puts the made for latex without testing) then you will find everything you need and without paying an enhanced price as I thought it would be at the start. Print heads all changeable at about £70 ish each, the more you print the longer they last, my printers just 2 years 3 months and still on original heads LOL but if your running 24/7 you would need to work on about twice the warranty amount of ink as the normal throughput before changing.
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Getting the profiles spot on is a bit of a headache on the latex machines. Lots of trial, error, pissing about and frustration. Amazing machines though and superb colour saturation etc.
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