blufftonsignguy
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I am curious from those of you who have run the True VIS 540 VG what do you think of it? I went to the ISA show and am very seriously thinking of purchasing one. I am just curious of your thoughts
I've had mine for about 3 months and it was the best move I've made. The print quality is far greater than I ever expected. The only downside right now is getting the icc profiles you need.
Have you tried downloading them from the Roland Profile Center? The printer comes with all the generic profiles and then all the Roland custom profiles (i.e. MCVP, GCVP, etc...) and other media manufacturers profiles are online on there.I've had mine for about 3 months and it was the best move I've made. The print quality is far greater than I ever expected. The only downside right now is getting the icc profiles you need.
I am curious from those of you who have run the True VIS 540 VG what do you think of it? I went to the ISA show and am very seriously thinking of purchasing one. I am just curious of your thoughts
Latex has its place, but it is not the end-all solution. Latex is far from perfect if you look at how much each generation of latex printer and ink is changed. Lack of long-term support is a big negative with HP. If the machines develop issues the odds of field tech solving the problems quickly and affordably are slim to none. The latex ink sits on the surface where solvent inks soak into the surface, so latex is its own animal. Each type of printing technology has its advantages. If someone is looking for the finest detail and the largest gamut, latex would not be recommended.
They are great if you like Banding, long dry times, daily maintenance, expensive print heads, not able to print thin papers or porus fabrics then it's a great machine. Did you go by the Latex booth? In all seriousness though, Roland makes good solid equipment but I was just curious if you had considered latex at all.
I stand my VG 540 on it's ear with files from a local college design team who expect flawless prints, gradients & photos, on signs, walls and banners, never a problem!
I have never seen ANY banding on any print from this machine!
I clean this machine once a week, it is half the time the VP took, there are LED lights built in where you clean the print heads (rarely anything to clean from them anyway) and super easy to do.
In 15 years of doing signs I have never printed on paper or cloth, never will.
My prints are dry by the time they hit the floor, I can literally grab a banner off the machine, flip it over and hem it and grommet it, and give it to the customer, right away, same day! I COULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT WITH MY OLD VP 540! I would have scratched the heck out of it.
And by the way, not only did I never see banding on my prints, this machine prints SOLID colors, any color! I had many grainy colors on my VP, not now, NICE solid backgrounds on banners printed with the head set to high!
This machine cuts like a dream also, the cutting head is upgraded from the older printers, and I have not had trouble at all with the crop mark detection.
LATEX? Not there yet, plain and simple,
I have found the Versaworks program to be quite stellar with my old printer and the new one, I have 6 months on mine and not a single problem that wasn't caused by me, (I had a long lam/print cut off because I didn't take the roll of media from the machine, the media holders can knock your cut off if you don't get them out of the way, nothing wrong about it, just different set up than my old one.
And LOVE the take up! I never had one, I set the machine up and leave while it prints 12 banners, LOVE IT! take up works like a dream, I came back, left the prints on the take up machine and NO ink bleed or problems, couldn't have done that with my VP, and my colors have never been so bright.
MY VG has made it fun to come to work again, I was fond of my VP but quite frankly I was never impressed by the output, it had better looking prints than the guy I was subbing from but I feel the VG is the printer I have been waiting for, it is WAY better than I thought it would be, and half the speed of the VP.
NOPE! Posters are not on my list of things to do, no time for them, I have made many banner posters for small runs, but they were priced accordingly, some people just want my design skills and are willing to pay me. I am from the print world first and hate paper posters and bus cards, NOPE I won't be competing against fabric EVER, not sure what you are talking about!
The OP asked about the TruVis and i replied with FACTS from my own personal experience, I am not a competing dealer with a competing technology replying.
I own a TruVis
You chimed in to post misinformation about a competitors product, not cool!
Not sure when the local plumber is going to wrap his truck with fabric???
But anyway, I posted my take on the machine for the OP
All facts, like I said, I own a TruVis
Our VG-540 is giving me a serious headache at the moment. Waiting on someone to call me back... Once they figure out what the error code it's throwing means.
So far I've spent more time trying to make it work than actually using it.
Banding is occasionally an issue for us.
Would love to see some pics of your higher quality output. I'm not a fan of latex for our application, curious how your Roland's output is.I stand my VG 540 on it's ear with files from a local college design team who expect flawless prints, gradients & photos, on signs, walls and banners, never a problem!