FB500 double sided registration

[daenterpri]

Hey all!

How well does the HP FB500 do double sided registration? Accurate double sided registration is something that will certainly be important to us in purchasing a flatbed printer. I like the idea of an Oce or Fuji flatbed, but new they are very expensive, and our company is on a tight budget. And it seems like it's easier to find used HP FB500's than used Fuji's that aren't too old. Am I right?

Let me know your thoughts!

 

[FrankW]

Because of camera-based media registration and enhanced position repeatability by using alignment pins, double sided printing will work fine especially with a FB500.

 

[daenterpri]

Because of camera-based media registration and enhanced position repeatability by using alignment pins, double sided printing will work fine especially with a FB500.

Thanks! Now, another reason that traditional flatbeds a have been attractive is the idea of creating jigs for parts to be printed front and back. Would running a jog through a hybrid printer still provide good registration?

It it just seems like the sales people I talk to are not even that confident in this, that's why I'm curious to talk to real world users.

 

[FrankW]

For Jigs, the camera registration is useless, because the camera just register a few reference points. For this, I would use a Template.