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Roland RF-640 pros and cons and ink usage
Hi all
I have just purchased a Roland RF-640 and would like to hear from anyone that has one for any pros and cons about the machine and things to look out for.
Also does any one know what a rough price is per SQM for ink is
I printed 3 banners off last night. Full colour different qualitys and came up with this
Banner size 975 x 2200
STD quality banner setting 32cc ink
High quality banner setting 40cc ink
Billboard quality setting 30cc ink1cc of ink is £0.20 based on 500cc cart at £100
Ink cost for std banner setting would be £6.40
Is this about right compared to other printers
Any comments well received
Many thanks
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2 Replies
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We run a VS 540 and we would be £4.73 for the same. We are running eco sol max 3 500 carts.
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I run a couple of RF 640’s and with ink at full retail price the machine’s RIP software (not versaworks) says £0.90 per running meter (80-85% coverage) in my experience you can add another 40% to that. Also I have had my machines profiled for one media running 1 type of job so I am hopefully getting optimal coverage and ink usage….oh and I use solventUV ink which is more cost effective than solvent ink, so I am told (and looking at the above figures….seems justified).
I run fairly long jobs for relatively small returns… but the ink costs, if you are pricing correctly,as a percentage of the job cost should be negligible.
I like the RF640’s they are a good solid work horse, I have a VSi 540, which is a very good machine (but in a different way to the RF’s) if I was buying another small production machine it would be an RF, I think that the machine cost in relation to its production capacity is extremely good. I look at how many meters per hour it produces against how many £1000’s it costs.
Good luck.
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