[Russell Huffer]

Thanks a lot, just had a quick look at the website and looks like they will be able to help.

Thanks again

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I am seeing exactly the same issue on my JV33 the way i cure it is by lifting the head up to max height.

[Russell Huffer]

I use Metamark and when laminating i always get sparks between the front of the laminator and my large belly, just one of those things, if it does not discharge through my tummy then at the end when i touch the bed i get a discharge through my fingers. Just learnt to live with it.

[Russell Huffer]

Thanks for your help, will have a look tomorrow.

Kind regards
Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Thank you for quick response, what length of rail would be best.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

As John above says this is exactly what had happened on mine, the offset was something like 17mm one direction and 30mm the other, took me along time to sort as not obvious but worth going through all the settings and making sure you are happy with them, as these are great cutters.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I bought a cg 75 cutter a while back, and had problems with it not cutting the vinyl properly and not cutting in the correct place.
I solved the first problem easy, I bought a holder and blade from Hybrid, expensive but they are good, now cuts perfectly.
The second problem it always cut in the wrong place took a while to solve and it was an offset that had been put in, from memory it was to do with the registration marks, I got the maintenance manual from Hybrid and you do a test with a pen loaded and it draws two plus marks which should be on top of each other mine where a long way out as offset was set to something silly, changed offset and all works fine now.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi Jamie,

An old post but wondered if you still had that pdf and if so would you be kind enough to send it to me russell.huffer@outlook.com as I am experiencing the same issue I have a jfx200 printer and a cg75 fx cutter and this week want to find a way to do print and cut on this setup.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I have found my disk so all is good again, next question am looking for another cutting blade holder Mimaki part SPA-0090 does any body have a spare they want to sell or can recommend the best place to buy Mimaki parts from.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Went to SignbUK yesterday and have decided that the Mimaki sfx200 2513 is the best solution for us, now need to buy one, happy to consider 2nd user, failing that who is doing the best deal on them at the moment or do Hybrid keep prices in check.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi I realise that these are old posts but they came up in a google search i am doing about laser cutting/etching machines, we are looking to buy one and have no knowledge of such things, the two we are looking at are flat beds suitable for an 8×4 sheet one is made by piranha and the other by HPC.
Did you purchase a laser and can any body give feedback on either of the above or even suggest a better make.

Many thanks for any help you can give me.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I used to run a jv33 many years ago and like the Mimaki, however happy to look at alternatives as have been out of industry for a long time and know nothing about current offerings.

Many thanks

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Also just noticed that you posted in the vinyl discussion forum and you may have got a better response from posting in the Mimaki printer forum.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Have you thought about posting in the "Say Hello" section so that we may know a little bit more about you and the company that you work for, also it has been proved that a profile picture helps generate more responses.

Once we have a bit more detail I am sure that at least one person on here will know what the problem is…

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Avery all the way both digital and cut, mainly 700 series for cut.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi Mo,

I have this problem with my JV33 it just stops randomly printer appears to be waiting for info but none is flowing.
Looking at some of the cooments you have had back could be spike in electric but we have nothing obveious and had the problem at our previous unit, cheap printheads not likely as we are still on original printheads.
RIP issue woulkd seem unlikely as I use Wasatch, so possably something on printer or I think the problem is my PC as when this problem starts I clean the PC and do not normally see the problem again for ages.
When I say that I clean the pc what I do is I go into internet explorer select options and deleate all history, I then go into system tools and select the cleanup pc option and select everything. When that has finished I then run diskdefrag. if it is really bad I also run chkdsk/f from a command promt to schedule a clean on next start.

I am currently running windows 8 but had same thing on windows 7, I belive that it is a problem with the amount of large temp files that a rip creates.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

It is very impressive but I do not think we have a floor slippery enough for that!

[Russell Huffer]

We have used Avery with fantastic results for the last 3 years or so, we did try Arlon after meeting them at the SignUK a couple of years back, unfortunately it fell off some vehicles needed much more outgassing than the Avery and tunnelled through the printer hitting the head.
We also had trouble with marks in the coloured Arlon media which when we spoke to them they stated was normal, very poor backup they could not supply a spec or any profiles for there cast just said use the Avery ones.
Not saying don’t just saying be careful.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I used to buy a product from APS called DM5 think its long name was Digital Mount 5 worked really well and I have applied it with the laminater.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi Lee,

I know someone who could be interested can not pm you as no longer full member, please could you let me have some contact details.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Peter,

We did a gray camo wrap fro rage buggys the other day looked fantastic inside but as soon as we took it out it turned green, this was the main reason for getting the colour correct lights.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I have just changed the bulbs in our print shop due to colours looking different when prints taken outside and I was advised to use Philips 965 tubes, it was explained to me by the wholesellers that daylight bulbs are designed to combat SAD disorders but the Philips gives you the least varience between inside and outside printed colours.

Have to say they work really well.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Check resolution it was suggested to me the other day to print at a higher resolution and a lower pass rate, the print looked really nice but was darker due to laying down more ink.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We had a problem with media supplied by WS a few months back, long story but I found WS to be most helpful and knowledgeable throughout the whole investigation process, it was not a media problem but a printing problem in the end.
I think the problem you may have is that you have decided it is media and WS should compensate you, I believe that you need to talk to WS and do tests and see if you can repeat the problem and hopefully confirm what is the fault.
I know WS will help with this because that is the sort of helpful company they are but you need to keep an open mind on what the problem could be.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I have just read this thread from beginning to end and it brought back many memories, I bought a Unifrom Grenadier 1900 from B&P infact Justin from Tech8 was the enginier who installed it.

In those days B&P was one of the best companies to deal with there was an ammount of confusion about what ink would print on what media and how long it would last, B&P offered a 1 stop solution ink, media and printers all under one roof and designed to work together, problem solved.

Today I run a Mimaki JV33 and have only had 1 deflection/blocked nozzle problem with it in 3+ years and that was shortly after we put colorifc ink from Selechtech in it, Tech8 where very good and discovered a problem with
2 of the dampers worn which they replaced free of charge, however whilst I could not fault Tech8 service an any way I got cold feet about the ink and went back to genuine Mimaki SS21, when this problem occured most nozzles where showing about 1.5 million shots, today they have all done over 4 million shots and none of the other 6 dampers has caused any problems.

The 3rd party ink debate has rolled on for many years and I see no sign of it stopping but I am trying to look at the bigger picture, in the past we used Activasol because it lasted better than Roland inks and stayed on more media
today the genuine inks work very well and the 3rd party inks are designed to match them rather than better them, so as I see it there is no longer a performance advantage but the decision is based purely on cost.
This is important and £30 per cart can save you alot of money over a year but personally I belive that a large chunck of that saving is likely to be spent on printer maintance/ down time.

When I started printing nobody would own a solvent printer without some form of warrenty or maintance contract now lots of printers run all day long without these, this alone saves us £2000/year.

I think the best way is to run the printer on the ink it was designed for.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

do you still have the big bench ?

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I have just downloaded a trial version to evaluate after being a life long user of Illistrator, I struggle to see how adobe can justify there high price tag when both software looks very simelar.
The main problem I have with Corel is getting the print size correct, in Illistrator i go file print, select a postscript printer (mimaki JV33) then page size custom and it prints the file out the correct size ie the same size as the illistrator artboard to the millimeter. I try this in Corel but it seems it wants me to input the size and i am having to select various sizes a1 etc some times cropping bits off sometimes wasting media.
How do you print from Corel say open an eps/pdf file that you do not know the size of the print and get it to print it all.

Thanks

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

With regards to MD5 being Arlon, MD5 is MD5 made by Metamark and loved by all for it’s ability to absorb lots of ink therefore giving high gloss finish. It is a very good vinyl.

The confusion on this thread I belive comes from MD7 this IS Arlon it is the Arlon 6000 cast with no air escape, simply rebranded and sold by metamark, if you read the matamark book you will see that MD5 and other vinyls made by Metamark are sold in 50M lengths however the MD7 shows it’s USA origen being sold in 45M lengths.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi Chris,

Not in the office at the moment but from memory I wrote a small batch file run in windows to clear all the queues as these can slow wasatch down as they fill up. Problem was a couple of times i cleared the queues then realised i had deleted the cut path for a print that was still out gassing, as a result of this i removed print queue 2 from the batch file.

I think these files if i remember are stored in c:\wwrip\prtqueue2\ dont know what format it is in but that should be the cutpath files.

This assumes your cutter is device 2

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We have a Mimaki JV33 and the matching cutter CG 130 fxII all driven by Wasatch and they work very well and cutting is simple, the cutter always finds the marks unlike the Graphtec I had before.

I came from Roland Graphtec and found Mimaki a bit quirky at first but the quality in my opinion is a lot better from Mimaki.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I bought mine direct from Vivid £175.00 but was a while ago.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I bought mine direct from Vivid £175.00 but was a while ago.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We had simaler problem with our Mimaki turned out to be dampers.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I always laminate with zero tension on both our 1600 and our 650 laminators, this stops the media trying to curl.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I have the easymount 1.6 wide and hav efound the easiest way to load the laminate is to use the backing from the previous roll that gets loaded on to the rewinder, I put this on the spare mandrel they supply on the storage space at the top front position, it is wound so that the silicon side gos face down on the table.
To load i simply pull the backing out slide it under the roller then put the laminate round the top roller and wind down till rollers just/barely touch you can run it for 100-200 mm to take up tension in the laminate, I then cut the backing leaving 400mm approx offer up the vinyl and aline the printer cut edge of vinyl with the top roller, keep a tension on the vinyl by pushing slightly outwards and backwards down onto the silicon paper, press the pedel and perfect every time, well most times.

Hope this helps

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I bought a cheep Northern Irish plate for £40.00 RUI 8163 it is very loosely personel as ru is the first 2 letters of my name and the rest sort of gives my date of birth 8-11-63 but got this as my preferred registration RU55 ELL sold for £72000.00

Plates make a car look that bit nicer but you can spend massive ammounts of money on them.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I was told last week that Apple now have more funds than the US goverment, I find this incredible, the only thing that is even more incredible is that they made that money selling products that are way overpriced and only do half the things that it’s competiters products do, just confirms my theory of what the i in front of there product names stands for!

Sorry this does not help in solving your problem with printing however you did answer that yourself, the windows pc works so your choice seems to be use a pc that does exactly what it says on the box or buy a decent ballpoint pen.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Can not shine any light on your problem but will watch this thread as we had a job to do the other day and this was large blocks of solid blue almost navy and these printed with very strange lines/variations through them.
I have a Mimaki JV33 using Wasatch RIP so not a million miles from your setup.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Unlike Roland who release there firmware for anybody to obtain and apply as an update Mimaki / Hybrid like to keep control over this process and update it for you.
It is a painless process phone Hybrid and they connect remotely to your JV33 and apply update.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Thursday for me also.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We buy these complete from Ultima Displays. They will even ship direct to your customer saving two lots of postage charges.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi,

I use Wasatch RIP and Mimaki JV33 printer the RIP shows how much a a print uses, so printing 1sqM test prints i found that costs range from £2.14 to £5.12 depending on media etc.

However to try and best answer your question my 5 year vinyl has an ink cost of £2.56 per sq M so i guess your 3 euro is about there.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Welcome Vince,

You are not far from me either, I live and work in Letchworth Garden City.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We had to practise somewhere.

[Russell Huffer]

Thanks for all your replys, I now know that I pay about the right price for my leaflets etc, however I am not looking for a new supplier, i have 2 already 1 local and 1 not so local.

We want to look at the possability of printing the smaller volumes in house not so much to make more money altough we should see increase if we can match our suppliers set up, but we want the control of the timing of this work as most is very quick turn around and we as a company waste hours and lots of fuel picking up small quantitys from the suppliers.

Also a lot of our customers seem to belive they have a better deal with work odne in house.

What i want to do first is get an idea of the equipment needed, i belive initially a printer and a gulitine also need to know Media supplier then once i have this i can work out some aprox printing costs and decide if to go further.

I am after feedback on people who have bought this type of equipment how good it perfomred and how reliable as i say i am told the Oki printers are good but does anyone know of a better make that is happy with thicker media ?

I thankyou all again for your inputs

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We just bought a cheep pay as you go mobile thats left in the office for anyone to answer and divert main line on busy to mobile.

If only 2 just divert on busy to your own mobile.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I guess all sold then..

[Russell Huffer]

Hi Peter,

If no luck on that auction site would you consider splitting and if so how much for the cutter.

Many thanks

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

do you still have any or all of this for sale

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Mimaki all the way, had a Roland now got a Mimaki. Print quality, build quality both better on Mimaki. In my opinion.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I went from a Roland SP740 to a JV33 and at first it was strange to learn as the controls are not as logical on the Mimaki, however in my opinion the build quality and print quality are much much better. Have run it 2 years now and only one head crash that was our fault and that is it. Would definatly chose another Mimaki.

When we went to sign UK this year I noticed the most popular print there was the JV33 that to me says it all.

Get a demo great print quality and fast drying inks.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I asked this question of Mimaki and the 3 sizes they gave me back are 7 14 and 21 picolitres, using these sizes i cost about £2.50 ink per meter.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

When I hem a banner I put old silicon backed paper on the bench to stop scratching with the banner face down but to be fair an hour or so after printing they do not scratch very easy.

Using Mimaki ss21 ink with 1st 2 heaters set at 35 and post heat at 45 and 300% ink limit.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I never leave anything to dry out on th e bench, always stood on end vetically. Banners i heat pre and print heaters at 35 and post at 45 and they dry almost instantly.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Most RIPs are fairly equal in what they do and my opinion is let the printer decide the RIP for you ie get the most popular RIP for your printer, this will give you the most flexibility to find profiles etc.

Most suppliers will have profiles for a Roland using vesaworks or a Mimaki usiong Rasterlink but i currently run a Mimaki through Wasatch and yes it is a great RIP but very hard to find profiles for this combination.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Someone mentioned cheques being stopped, be aware that credit card transactions over the phone ie cardholder not present and so no pin number used can be quiered up to 6 months later and if this happens they can take the money back while they investigate.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

They say there is no such thing as bad advertising and that one is great, they are advertising in 3 different ways
1. The visual impact it has
2. utube
3. the contriversy debate

I have had a PP account for years but in my oinion that is a very clever piece of advertising and a nice looking sign also.

Need to log on and see what deals they sre doing on the ryder cup now.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

The problems with windows remote are many, it logs you in as another instance and lots of programs do not work with it, Wasatch RIP being a good example of this, you can see this when you try to close the machine you connected to and it says are you sure as other people are still connected.

I use Ultr@vnc every day to access my RIP pc and it is great set up as server on pc to be accesed and viewer on other pc and it interacts very cleanly.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Not got time to draw it but could you not turn the cross clockwise between approx 45-90 degrees as looking at drivers side, this would allow 3 long legs and a short one going backwards.

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We have the Mimaki JV33 which is running CMYK X2 if Roland run the same as Mimaki it is easy for reordering new inks as you do not need to hold any stock because the mimaki uses one cartridge only at a time so when first empty it switch to second and you have a full cartridge to use while ordering a replacement for the first.

Nice on long runs if a ink is low because it auto switches over without stopping printing.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

To be honest no, this is not a clear problem with simple answers, I have a JV33 and do see a bit of side to side wander on the thicker 300micron litestop, however recently completted a jumbo poup at 3M tall and they all lined up pefectly for a very fussy customer.

I have had problems with lineer calibration making them to long to fit bit all panels where the same so image still aligned.

My only advice and i am sure you do this already is to line it up carefully at the start.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Hi
Is this still availible

Thanks

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Took me a while to work it out but never mind because it is my belief that all the best people where born in 1963

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Change it into a couple of plasters.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We got 3 transits like that for the company next door to us, we used 5 yr Avery MP2000 and that is still in there after 6 months.

Kind regards
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Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We only use Avery at the moment and very good vinyl, gets my vote.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We are manically busy at the moment and have been since the end of January.

Our main marketing is word of mouth and lots of adverts on our buildings for people to see as they drive past.

Every week is the same monday morning a bit quiet then by monday afternoon / tuesday morning all hell breaks loose, it is real fun and the time flys by.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We moved our JV33 printer and Easymount Laminator 1.6M in through the window using just a fork lift, this was a nightmare.

We had to take them out about 6 months ago this time we hired scaffolding and built a platform outside the window then forklifted from the platform, much more sane.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We have Wasatch and it is designed to be used as just cut only if you want, Dave you said you are using on flat bed we have version 6.7 at the moment and this has a major upgrade for flatbeds i belive including media thickness control.

With regards to graphtec we used to have a CE3000 MkII that wasatch drove perfectly the cut line was spot on, it now drives a Mimaki JV33 / CGFX as it is a far more stright forward solution to print and cut than Rastelink / Finecut.

Wasatch is a good RIP and if you have a service contract the support is great.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

When I had my Uniform printer i had this problem, i found the best way to solve it was to up the pass rate to max it will go this is a pain because it slow the print down but should allow it to dry before going on to takeup.

Also helps if you have a heater you can put in front of it or maybe try a profile with a lesser ink limit ie 260 not 300

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I thought that Y axis is media movement motor and X axis is the head.
So the problem is not with the head but the motor turning the pinch rollers.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Shame I have to work today but will be out and about on Friday. Happy Patricks day to everyone.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Our printer came from Robert Horne, ok support service but for technical knowledge and assitance not a patch on signmaster, Robert Horne may find out the answer for you Signmaster normally know the right answer there and then.

My vote go to Signmaster.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I did the same as you originally bought the Roland edition of Wasatch but then paid to get the full release and now run are Mimaki through it.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Sounds like an air leak at the cartridge, had this before on my Roland.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We have a JV33 running through Wasatch great rip and it prints graduations really well.

regards

russell.

[Russell Huffer]

PopUp Direct do those

http://www.popup-direct.co.uk/twist-ban … stand.html

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Adobe allows 2 installs but 1 user, the idea as Dave says is that you could install a second copy on your laptop, this would allow you to design at your office on a desktop then take your laptop out to the customer to show them the design but the thing to remember is it is licensed only for one user.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I would love to have 4 wheel drive on any sort of tyre, got to be better than my rear wheel drive Lexus that keeps getting stuck on the flat.

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We have a signs express just around the corner from our Welwyn Garden City office and quite often we find out that we are both quoting the same works, sometimes they win sometimes we win, this is fair i would be worried if one was always winning as this would indicate that there prices are to low.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Peter,

Yes we have a license, so do the car dealers and the motorcycle sales so we can print using any one of the 3 license numbers, we just select one of them in the software as set up by the supplier.

If we ourselves print a plate we have to do all the paperwork however if we print for one of the other business they have to do the paperwork as the plate goes against there license number.

So as i say nice and easy for us as most of our number plates are sold to the garage who do MOTs.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We moved ours as above and no spilt ink or any other problems.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

That is the problem with a cracked copy you just do not know when they will let your business down!!!!!

[Russell Huffer]

Talking head height, I do not have a Roland any more but from memory there is a lever on the left side of the head that sets it high low or normal just a possibility but your problem could be the head set high.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Is the head in the middle position ?

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

It seems that when another supplier puts up prices Metamark claim UK manufacture and able to hold there prices, however now they state in that claim they forget about there raw materials and now they show that they are the same as all the other suppliers.

I stopped using Metamark as they tend to imply all products are Metamakr uk made until there is an issue with it and then suddenly they reveal it is sourced from China, as i used them less they sent me a letter with drawing my credit, needless to say never placed another order with them, too many others of equal price and quality knocking on my door.

Regards

Russell

[Russell Huffer]

Never used VW only Wasatch and Wasatch does not have mm per second on head speed but the lowest setting i used on mine was 600 with the normal setting on most profiles being 800 as i say Wasatch did not break down what that 800 was and maybe350 mm per second is equivelent but my Roland would not print nice under 600

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Agree with Peter, I use Impact to design in Illistrator and when i cut i set the cutter to 2000% to get the correct size.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We do lots of number plates as we are based in a centre with both a motorcycle shop and a garage. We are lucky however that we raerly sale direct to the public as most of them go to the garage and we are able to supply to both the dealers using there license numbers meaning we print the plate and they do the paperwork.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Have not printed backlit before but use Wasatch and a Mimaki printer and when we print clear i always set overprint to 2, this lays down the colour twice and makes them much stronger.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

You need the Roland tool to wind down the capping station, looks like a hollow bar with one end flatterned slightly.

Switch off power and clamp tubes going to waste bottle, there is a hole underneath the printer inline with capping station, the tool gos in here and allows you to unwind the capping station, once this is unwound you can move the head to one side manually.
I used to use solvent flush just stick a big syringe with a needle on into a solvent flush cartridge and draw out, fill up capping stations and return head to capping position, now wind up the capping station gently with the tool and leave overnight.

In the morning remove clamps and switch on.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

If you want email in windows 7 you have to download windows live mail.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

For costing purposes we use £5.00 per meter, we have a Mimaki JV33 and inks cost us £80.00 per 440 cart.

We use Wasatch RIP and this can give you a cost for every print telling you exactly how much of each colour used and the cost of it, we discovered the average cost is approx £3.00 per Meter, this is using variable drops and 720 x 720 resolution.

Hope this helps

Kind regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

My choice would be a unit with road frontage on to a busy road and building must have lots of space for signage of all types.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

The proud Scotts, I do not celebrate St Andrews day either but I always try to do something on Patricks day, its in the blood…

[Russell Huffer]

Hi Ruairi,

I used to have a Roland sol jet II 1.9M print only and a Graphtec CE 3000 Cutter and an Easymount laminator 1.6M top heat roller.

Personally i prefer separate print and cut I now have the same setup as John Mimaki JV33 printer CGFX cutter and still my easymount laminator.

The Mimaki printers are great bits of kit and the JV33 won printer of the year, i used to find materials every so often that my Roland would not print on however the Mimaki has printed on every material i have tried in it so far.

There is no comparison in my opinion between the Graphtec and the Mimaki cutters I never really got on with the Graphtec but the CGFX is a brilliant cutter, always finds the registration marks and just feels and sounds solidly built.

May be more expensive but full solvent inks and 2 years warranty the Mimaki machines have more than impressed me.

The downside of Mimaki is the software will not run on 64 bit machines.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

We used to use MYOB and when rasing an invoice there was a box for any monies recieved so far, so we used to enter the deposit taken in there and it all balanced out perfectly.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I have had both Roland and now Mimaki JV33, Rolands are great easy to use and very reliable, Mimaki a little bit more complicated to learn but well worth the effort.

Print quality was always good on the Roland but is exceptionally good on the Mimaki i do not get any visible banding on most medias and very quick.

In my opinion there is not much to promote either machine above the other so it comes down to inks the Mimaki inks have printed on every media i have tried which i believe is down to the advantage of a full solvent over eco solvent.

Both good but the Mimaki gets my vote.

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

Try it without GB my Sage accounts software does not like the GB

Regards

Russell.

[Russell Huffer]

I aquired a Mimaki JV33 a couple of months ago and discovered the same problem, great hardware but let down badly by old software. I chose to run mine through Wasatch and this has proved to be a great solution as I also have the CGFX cutter which is driven by Wasatch.

However i did some investigations at the time and Mimaki where saying then that they hope to be 64 bit capable by December 2009 do not know if they are still on track or not.

Regards

Russell.