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    What is the advantage of dual heads?

    Posted by Sean Foster on 4 November 2015 at 00:51

    Hi All,

    I’ve been offered a cheap eco solvent printer which uses 1 or 2 DX5 print heads, it can use 1 or 2, or both if you see what I mean?!

    Simple question: what is the advantage of using 2 heads (using CMYK) I’m guessing it is either faster printing or higher resolution?

    Any advice or comments would be appreciated!

    Sean Foster replied 9 years, 12 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • John Thomson

    Member
    4 November 2015 at 08:05

    dual heads increase print speed by approx 15% but require more accurate alignment.

    john

  • Stafford Cox

    Member
    4 November 2015 at 12:06

    And also proves useful if one head fails. Mimaki JV5 is good for this as it uses 4 x DX5 heads!!

    Stafford

  • Sean Foster

    Member
    4 November 2015 at 12:13

    Thanks for your replies chaps,

    I won’t be running the printer day in day out, so I’m guessing a 15% increase in speed really isn’t worth the trouble using a second head apart from the obvious benefits of a backup, would that be a fair statement?

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