White Ink printing: which one is hands down the best?

[tedbragg]

I'd like to replace our XR-640 -- its white ink system leaves a LOT to be desired (plus it's slow as a glacier), but have yet to find which brands/types of printer tech to go with. What say ye?

 

[balstestrat]

Colorado?

 

[Solventinkjet]

Solvent based white has never quite hit the mark in my opinion. Pretty much any UV machine will do better. The Mimaki UCJV300 is a good roll to roll option.

 

[DChorbowski]

We have the HP 700W Latex and it handles white very well.

 

[BigNate]

We have the HP 700W Latex and it handles white very well.

I second that! We also have a 700W and it works awesome with white ink.

 

[rx7boy]

We have hp r1000 and love the white in it, basically the same system as the HP 700w

 

[Christian @ 2CT Media]

The Latex has one of the most opaque and whitest whites, the Colorado is super stable and lower cost to operate when printing.

 

[Boudica]

Never used white in our XR-640, tried it in the Epson S80600, that was a pain and underwhelming.
Not that this helps the op, but when we got the agfa Annapurna it was a game changer and we use the white a lot now. No changing over, and it works great.

 

[FireSprint.com]

Colorado’s white ink is just a 5th color. Hardly any separate maintenance. Additional heat up time but it’s pretty much all automatic.

 

[damonCA21]

Definitely avoid solvent white if you can. It kills printers and unless you are printing loads with it every day, then ends up costing a fortune in the maintenance

 

[jharler]

I went with the Epson SureColor s80600 (ecosolvent) with white and have been happy with the white printing I've done with it. It's very low maintenance, just needing the white cartridge shaken on a daily basis. It does go through the white ink faster than the other colors for the cleaning cycles and the ink is more expensive. I haven't experienced any fading or any post-printing problems with it, but I've only had it since May.

 

[dudeinthemoon]

I'd like to replace our XR-640 -- its white ink system leaves a LOT to be desired (plus it's slow as a glacier), but have yet to find which brands/types of printer tech to go with. What say ye?

Mimaki UCJV300 - cheaper than most famous competitors and highly reliable, if well maintained will be printing as brand new at least 3-4 years

 

[Joel golden]

Talk to your sales rep and have them put some
Printed files in your hands for your eyeballs to see! I just went through this process and needed up going with a HP. Solvent white was underwhelming and the horror stories of maintenance and waste made me appreciate the latex that much more. Not a fan of the yellowing I’ve seen with UV white… that’s my take but make those sales guys work!

 

[White Haus]

Mimaki UCJV300 - cheaper than most famous competitors and highly reliable, if well maintained will be printing as brand new at least 3-4 years

Yeah we've had ours for about 4 years and still going strong. Don't use white lots but when we do it's there and ready for us. Surprisingly the white nozzles all come back after a quick clean, despite rarely firing those channels.