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I am currently exploring the idea of buying a thermal printer. I was wondering what kind of luck people have hd with the Roland thermal printer. I have heard a lot about the edge but not this one. I like some of the ideas that this one incorporates (print and cut).
Thanks, JAKE
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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Hello Jake, welcome to Letterheads. Up in the top right corner you will see a button marked search. That will take you to the archives. Roland versus Edge has been discussed more than once and you should be able to find some helpful information there. The Edge is a far more popular machine with the folks who post here, but there are a few who are very happy with their Rolands. I know that Ron Percell likes his Roland. You will find him in the Letterheads database. (707) 769-0639 Petaluma CA Give him a call. He's a great guy. Don't forget the three hour time change. Noon there is 9:00 am here. Vic G
-------------------- Victor Georgiou Danville, CA , USA Posts: 1746 | From: Danville, CA , USA | Registered: Dec 1998
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Also been monitoring your post, Victor has prob given you your best advice, in the database you will find all the stats as to important factors such as operating costs and return on investment.
I will say when you have a lot of printing to do... and you will... the print and cut feature in the same machine might be a burden.
Sorry I cant offer any positive info on the Roland out of experience.
Good luck in your decision.
[ October 04, 2002, 07:55 AM: Message edited by: Bob Rochon ]
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
"Life is Like an Echo, what you put out, comes back to you." Posts: 5149 | From: Millbury, Mass. U.S. | Registered: Nov 1998
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I have an Edge SR1500. Its a few models back from the current "Edge2". I've contemplated bumping up to the roland for two reasons: My age-old Mimaki 24" cutter got outdated and died (so I want a large cutter) and secondly, my edge only prints 11.8" high. So if you have a large image you want to print, you must tile it far more often than you would with a large roland. I have not gone to the roland mainly because of the space it needs, along with a very large work table for large prints and banners and the need/want I would have for a hot laminator to go along with the roland. I know a guy who has extensive knowledge with both machines and gave him your number. Skip Grant is his name. He's written some things for Gerber before and He owns a few Rolands.
-------------------- Phil Steffen, 29 Van Rensselaer St City of Saratoga Springs DPW Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Posts: 563 | From: beautiful Saratoga Springs NY | Registered: Aug 2001
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Thank you for the info. I will look in the archives to see what i can find. I have a 30 inch Allen Datagraph plotter right now that we plan to keep using for all our vinyl cutting, so i dont think i would have a problem with a lot of printing tying up the cutter to.
Thanks JAKE
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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The type of cutting tieing up I'm talking about is cutting the prints, unless you can use your 30" plotter to cut your prints then while your roland is cutting it isn't printing, And if your 30" plotter is friction fed then registration problems will arise. If you have a lot of printing to do this will slow you down considerably.
If you dont think you will be printing much, I will state we have had our Edge 3 years and rely on it on a daily basis now.
All I'd like to say is take all these things into consideration, The roland is a lesser purchase price but it may cost you more in the long run.
-------------------- Bob Rochon Creative Signworks Millbury, MA 508-865-7330
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-------------------- Jon Aston MARKETING PARTNERS "Strategy, Marketing and Business Development" Tel 705-719-9209 Posts: 1724 | From: Barrie, ON, CANADA | Registered: Sep 2000
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My company, Vector Art Inc., is developing a lot of new print/cut vehicle graphics products, and we want to make sure that what we finally produce will work for everyone with this kind of technology.
Will EPS files import OK in the newest Gerber software? The last time we developed for Gerber was 1996 and I know a lot of things have changed since then. These will be essentially hi-res "placed" .tiff files with an embedded vector cutting path, saved as Adobe Illustrator EPS, version 9.0
Does anyone have any experience with the MAC software for the Edge?
How about other printers like Summa, Mamaki etc., etc.? How do their rips work? Do they interpolate as well as Roland DGA Color Choice?
I currently have a Color Camm and we are getting spectacular results with the Roland Color Choice rip.
We can take a page size image at 600 dpi and scale it up to four feet and the fades and blends look great...is this what we might expect with other rips?
Any advice and info would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Andrew Holmes President Vector Art Inc.
-------------------- Andrew Holmes Vector Art Inc Pacific Grove, CA 93950
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Sorry DW - I was just being a bit of silly arse. OF COURSE you must be talking aboutthe one and only Glenn Taylor...am I right? So what do I win?
-------------------- Jon Aston MARKETING PARTNERS "Strategy, Marketing and Business Development" Tel 705-719-9209 Posts: 1724 | From: Barrie, ON, CANADA | Registered: Sep 2000
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