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wHAT ARE GOOD PRINT & CUT COMBO MACHINES
HI STILL RESEARCHING WHAT ARE THE BEST MACHINES, NOW THINKING PERHAPS BUYING A PRINT 7 cut machine combo, what are best types, also can perhaps cover other cut outs for textiles transfer.
#guide on what sort of price I will be looking at for all this, smaller size would be OK as i know some of the machine prices are scary when just staring out. Hope someone can advise Many thanks
johntrying to cover as many jobs as possible, as it seem you can spend alot and have to do large volume of work to recover money invested and know these machines are always improving.
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I’m not sure if the print+cut machines are that good at general vinyl cutting.
Anyone here using there Cadet or Versacamm for their general vinyl cutting aswell?
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i was in your position a couple of years ago. in the end i went for a grenadeir print & cut from b&p lightbrigade. the grenadier is a rebadge roland soljet using solvent inks, unlike the soljet with eco-solvent ink.
a grenadier is 54inches wide, but has a little brother called the cadet.
a cadet is a rebadged versacamm using same inks as above.
i really dont know any other “print & cut” combo machines but there are print and cut packages on the go…. by that i mean, some suppliers offer digital printers and cutters that work together, but are seperate.
if your looking for a print and cut setup you will be looking at paying in the region of £9-10,000 to do it correct. that includes he software etc that is normally an extra.
there is also the option of buying a used or demo machine for a bit less.
if you plan to do allot of general type vinyl cutting, i wouldnt depend on using the printer. dont get me wrong, it will do the job, i just dont think it will do the machine any favours. -
I went for seperate print and cut. Mimaki JV3 printer and CG cutter.
Partly because I felt that the combined ones were a compromise between the two functions, but mainly from an efficiency point of view. I want to be cutting something else while the printer is doing it’s thing.
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I use my Soljet SC540 Pro IIex HT as a cutter , it’s as good as a 1220+mm cutter can get , it’s also as good as a printer in that class can get.
A combo machine is a very good idea for a shop that does jobbing and is not using the printer to churn out high volumes of billboards , wraps or banners or where space is at a premium.
I would go for the smaller 30″ printer/cutter from Roland as a starter machine (unless you need wider than 30″)
Whatever you do , do NOT go for a thermal resin type print and cut solution as one cannot compete due to the cost of consumables , inkjet is the way to go.
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