"Renown" refills for the Roland PC600 – opinions?

[Robert Lambie]

they are a very reliable ribbon make mate… we used them for a few years and never had any problems at all…
the suppplier over here for them is called printone…
i see they now have a range of plotter blades too, cheapest blades i have seen to date. im gonna give them a go…

[Bill Dewison]

The Renown ribbons are good. The only one I’ve had problems with upto now is the white ribbon, it has a tendancy to jam quite alot, but other than that they’re spot on. I recieved a mailshot recently, not sure who it was, but they were offering the roland ribbons. They’re almost double the price I pay with PrintOne 😮

Cheers, Dewi

[Richard Urquhart]

dewi mate its funny you had probs with the white,only i got a roland one the other day for one job and same sort of thing it would print for 2or 3 mins then stop like colour had run out i open the lid then closed it and printed fine for another 2 mins funny stuff
as for other ribbons there fine no probs at all and good price
rich

[cyberdine]

Hi Robert, Dewi and Rick!

That’s really great to know…I first had noticed the site as Robert mentioned “print1.uk” and them I started browsing over the net looking to see if there was such a thing in the US and there is, and I believe that they opened this site not to long ago, it’s not a known brand in the US so far (we’ve got zeronine instead) but I remember reading about it in the forum.
Their prices certainly are good, I wanted to make sure about their quality before buying them, now you guys confirmed what I suspected.
I already contacted them in regards to buying by the bulk so save some good money. 😛

Well I haven’t received my printer yet…should arrive this week, so as you can imagine there’s a lot to learn in its operation 🙂 .
Thanks again guys,
Thanks for your great feedback.

Alex

Ps. I am working on making my own “cartridge refil changer like the one shown in the picture” (they cost $45.00/to expensive for a piece of cardboard) I already finished the graphics now only need the dimentions and I’ll post on the forum for you, so you can build one as well, if you may wish.

[cyberdine]

Sorry, here’s the image:

[Bill Dewison]

quote dynamite signs:

dewi mate its funny you had probs with the white,only i got a roland one the other day for one job and same sort of thing it would print for 2or 3 mins then stop like colour had run out i open the lid then closed it and printed fine for another 2 mins funny stuff
as for other ribbons there fine no probs at all and good price
rich

Rich, if you whip the cartridge apart and look closely at the white, its kind of chalky. I suspect this is why its jamming. Exactly as you say though, it prints for a minute or two, jams, you lift the lid a little and away it goes again. 😕 I’m getting a little tired of babysitting it through printing, another problem I’ve found is when you get near the end of a roll, it tends to pull the roll off the rollers at the back 😮 If it didn’t earn its keep, I’d sell it tomorrow, but every time I’ve considered selling it another job has popped up that its needed for. Add to that, the magic head that just won’t die (I’ve printed hundreds of metres without a head failure, even though it was over 10k in metres when I bought it) I’m just whinging for whinging sake, its a bloody good machine!

One thing I can’t get used to though, maybe there is a simple solution. Why does it try to change cartridges half way through a print? I usually print as YMC when I’m doing colour, so I load 2 yellow, 2 magenta and 2 cyan, but it just bugs me that it changes the carts so often 😕 And whilst the orange box is out and in good use, why the devil does it fail to recognise Kelly Green? Its a standard colour, its not as if I’m asking for pinky bluey yellowy gold! 🙄 Rant over!

Cheers, Dewi

[Dave Standen]

Hi Folks

Hi Ciberdine in USA
I’ve had my head buried in work on new products now for months – but I’m getting back to normal & checking the boards!

Sorry to anyone who needed any info and I didn’t supply!

Nice to hear that Renown is starting to be seen in USA! You must be familiar with http://www.print1usa.com You’ll be pleasantly surprised with the ribbon refills!

Hi Dewi
Give me a ring if you want to talk about your problem PC60. It’s a bit too deep to put into writing! Tel: 01254 704330

Hi Rob
You’ve sent me an email via the boards – but I can’t reply via the boards – but I have sent you an email to your other email address!

So – I’m around again – if that’s of any good to any folks out there with a problem!

Regards Dave Standen

[cyberdine]

Hi Dave, Yes Renown is starting their business in the US…but it’s not really known yet…They should make more advertising…not to many people are aware of the brand…Their prices are about the same as for ZenoNine…so I believe that as people don’t know the brand they preffer to stay with they already know…that’s my guess…
I will be purchasing some from them this week and see about it.
Thanks,

Alex

[cyberdine]

I have now used renown white ribbon which is really good…no jamming here…
The white ribbon prints good…The only problem I have with it, is that you can’t used it as base…you know if you’re printing on a clear (or colored vinyl) vinyl and want to use the white under any color (red, blue, yellow etc…) it won’t work…I’ve tried on several different vinyls…the top color won’t stick to the white under neat…
Other than that the white as a solid color is very nice, and I am happy with it…if I need a white as base than I have few cartridges from roland that I use for this purpose only.