Roland matched ink

[Andrew Blackett]

Not sure about the one from silverskies, but I’ve just ordered some BIOmg inks for our SP540v. They are quoting that theres need to bleed or flush the existing inks out and apparantly they just slot in (and are also compatible alongside the existing roland original inks)

I’ll let you know how they pan out but they come highly recommended from the supplier (I know they would! but they are offering these instead of the originals, they sell both)

Andy

[Robert Lambie]

just remember to completely flush the existing ink from your system first before installing any alternative inks. so if moving onto a new source its best to try and exhaust your current batch then do the switch. also check that the flush carts you use are the recommended ones. i don’t know if that is really a big factor in it or just a sales tact. 😀
if not relevant then printone did/do low cost solvent flush. not sure on prices off hand but where significantly cheaper than what i was quoted from B&P at the time.

[David Rowland]

Well, its a fact that one type of ink will have different CMYK values to another ink. The ink factories manufactur the ink to what is specified by their customer, so it could be near your existing colours.

Flushing out the system is recommended as they do not want your ink mixing with origininal ink, so the safe way is to make sure that their is none of the existing dried ink within the head or anywhere in its path. I would recommend flushing if you do not know what you are doing.

[Pauly]

I have commented numerous times on after market ink and hate to sound like a broken record.

But just be careful and weigh up the cost vs benefit of changing inks.

– How much ink per month do you spend?
– How much would you save p/month
– How much downtime and teething problems will there be? (and their will be both of these, do let any salesman kid you)
– You will likely have to profile all your media again and there will be time taken to re-produce custom colours for existing clients that you have worked on. Will this time outweigh the savings?.
– It’s fairly widely accepted that aftermarket ink will prematurely damage heads, which does not matter anyway, because the manufacturer wont touch them anyway if they have any issues that may have otherwise been covered by warranty.
– Can your aftermarket ink supplier also take over maintenance and servicing of your machine? Because you will void your warranty for putting aftermarket inks in and if you call an authorised tech to service your machine, it is his job to advise Roland about what you have done and they will not touch any warranty issues from you from there on.

I have been involved with a number of different companies installing aftermarket ink and ive rarely seen it work out. And never has it saved anyone a penny in the first 6-12 months.

I think you just need to be sure that you’re doing the right thing and it’s going to pay off.

Hope that helps.