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Richard Deso
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Time to buy a new plotter. I have owned a ioline studio 7 since 1993 but it's starting to fail me.Had it fixed once,waited long time for it to come back. Now I'm ready for a fresh one. What does the majority of you guy's & gal's think would be a good purchase.I really just cut alot of vinyl and airbrush it myself. Should I go for one of these color inprinting plotters such as the gerber or color camm? What is a good investment for the future?
Any thoughts on which brand works for you people would be good. Like I said I have had this machine since 93 and I'm ready to upgrade.
What is state of the art today,tell me.
Thanks for any help.

in the dark in N.Y.


R.Deso
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Richard Deso
Vital Signs
Champlain NY


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Bruce Bowers
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Hey R...

We have two Allen 830 GT cutters in our shop. We found that they are well built and cut beautifully. We are very pleased with them.

We bought the first one as a factory refurbished model a little over two years ago. We bought the second one brand new about two months ago and relagated the original Allen to a back up role.

It is replacing the Vytek GEM 40 we still have and now use mostly for cutting sanblast mask and thin styrene stencils.

If you want any further insights or information, please feel free to give me a call.

Have a great one!

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Bruce Bowers

DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design
Saint Cloud, Minnesota


"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter


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John Smith
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I have had my Roland Camm-1 for 5 years without one minute of down time. Just my 2 cents.

'Cause, you see, it's like this . . . ..
I tore the sign off my shop, sawed it up and chunked it in the TRASH !!!

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John Smith
Kings Bay Signs (Retired)
Kissimmee, Florida


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J & N Signs
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I am all Roland, with a PC-60 and a Camm-1 Pro 30".
Trading in the PC-60 for a CJ-500 which is coming in tomorrow...along with a 61" cold laminator..just like waiting for a baby...starting to chew my fingernails.
More than happy with the Roland products. The Camm-1 Pro is a workhorse and it has nice features. One sided opinion cause Roland is all I ever had!

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Mario G. Lafreniere (Fergie)
J&N Signs
Winter did show up!

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Jim Doggett
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Hi RD:

We make and sell GREAT! cutters, and a great printer if you're considering something with serious production capabilites (ours is the Summa DC2, which prints with thermal resin foils/ribbons at 50 inches wide). So, please call us and have your credit card ready!

Just kidding ... if your needs are to cut vinyl, please do consider Summa. Price and features are in excellent balance, and we track like nothing else on the planet -- dead-on, unattended, guaranteed.

If you have color business now, that is consistently at a level that justifies an equipment purchase, again, I'd like it if you took a look at ours. But, I'd never suggest buying our product in anticipation of future demands. I believe the best way to plan for the future is by offering color immediately; then outsource it from a wholesaler. When your workload demands an in-house solution, then make the leap ... by which time prices will be lower, and features will improve, as they always do with technology products. Plus, you'll know what type of printing your markets demand.

IMHO,

Jim
Summa

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Jim Doggett
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Yellotools, Ltd
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Michael Boone
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Hey RD..
You must be about 3-4 hours away from me..
Some day when ya wanna ride.drive down and see my T-750 Summa...come soon ..and you will go home with about 10 bushels of free apples.
Summa=good people..good equipment.

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Michael Boone
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5828 Buerman Rd.Sodus,NY 14551

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Ryan Ursta
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Jim's right ! I love my summa D-60!
Havent changed the blade in over a year and its still cuttin good!

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Ryan Ursta
Ursta Graphics
116 B North Mercer Avenue
Sharpsville Pa. 16150
Call: 724•962•2206
"We make YOU look good"

Known as "Ugraph" on mirc

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cheryl nordby
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Have had my Roland PNC 1000 for over 10 years. Not one bit of trouble so far.
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Dave Ginley
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Have a Roland PNC950...for the past six years with one problem caused by lightening..as far as the PC60...I'm down for the third time in less than a year for a print head...
Like Jim said, it's better to develop your market while outsourcing which is how I approached it and have a nice trade built up..it's a good thing the fella I outsourced to wasn't upset when I bought a machine cause I've needed him to keep the trade I have built up.

Dave

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Dave Ginley
Ace of Signs
Selinsgrove, Pa.
www.aceofsigns.com


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Mark M. Kottwitz
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I have to agree with Jim, Michael, and Ryan. I have the T1300 and it is the nicest plotter that I have had a chance to work with. I had mine for a little over 2 years, and not a second of down time, and it works just as good today as it did brand new. I have rolled off over 50' of paper for patterns, and it tracks great. My only complaint, although minor, is I wish the blade attachment were all metal like the pen attachment. It could be easy to damage the treads on the plastic part, but like I said, minor complaint.

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Mark Kottwitz
Kottwitz Graphics
Ridgely, MD
www.SeeMySignWork.com
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old paint
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another vote for ROLAND ...... bought a pnc-1000 in 92-93 for $1600, brought it home hooked it up to corel 3 and was cutin vinyl. bid on a pnc-1100 on ebay and was out bid but the high bidder backed out...so i got it for $1000.00 it will do from 2"-23" and is faster then the 1000 which now resides in the mobile unit and both have never missed a lick....gota be real precise with the line up or it will go off track.

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joe pribish-A SIGN MINT
2811 longleaf Dr.
pensacola, fl 32526
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stein Saether
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Summa
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Stephen Bolin
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I recommend Graphtec. I have a JX1130 that is fast, reliable (3 years) and prints CMYK too.

Stephen

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Stephen Bolin
Signs By Tomorrow
Holland, MI


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Christian Slager
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Gerber
FasTrack 650

*Tim Allen Grunt*

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Christian Slager
Slager's Budget Signs
~Personalized, Not Franchised~
Bradenton, Florida
BudgetSigns.Graphics@verizon.net


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