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I first want to point out that most of these are my own, very subjective options and thoughts. The first thing I want to touch upon is drying time. A lot of people here are on and about it all the time but personally for me it has never been an issue. Most of the time I'll just take what comes...

Oh sure, It all depends on your needs you know. I wouldn't say that it has a lot to do with brand though. Our first printer was a Roland VS-640 and it really is a fine printer, quality is fenomenal and it's insanely reliable. We soon realized that for the needs of our market don't really...

I'm not that deep when it comes to Roland electronics because it's our "just works" machine and I don't even think about it, I tinker with the other prints that don't work. We have a VS-640 and we have only ever had one issue with it. A few months after we bought it it started showing banding...

This has already been answered but in case you're wondering I found that 1 minute is an OK enough dry time.

I have no business editing someone else's artwork. If I send a design with a mistake to the printing press and I get 10.000 posters that don't have the correct color or the image is wrong or has rasters or whatever...it's nobody's fault but my own and I have to pay for those posters. That's what...

Not related but you should talk to your technician about trying to unclog that print head. A few months back I installed a brand new head in my VS-640 and after a few days I lost a few nozzles and I wasn't gonna accept that. I called the technician, he came within an hour and we together worked...

Are you sure that the file is in CMYK ? Could be in RBG. Most common color problem I have when someone else is making the design.

Looks interesting. How does the quality of the print compare to the mainstream brands like a JV33 or a VS/RS-640 ? Also what kinds of speeds do you get out of it ? Did you try profiling to to something like 2 passes at 360p ?

This ink is from a different manufacturer, it's not Roland. Thanks for the info, much appreciated!

Great, do you happen to know how long the manufacturer rated the ink for outdoor use ? The thing that concerned me the most is that the manufacturer gave it 6-12 months.

Thanks a bunch! That's what I needed. So it started fading after 1 year, 3 years in how much fade was there ?

Yea I figured that out since then but didn't have time to actually try to make a profile. Just two questions though: 1) The value in the black rectangle (image attached), that's what I need, right ? 2) The instructions for measuring C and M were clear to me but Y and K I didn't get. Could...

My fault...I should clarify something. I am not talking about vehicle graphics, we laminate those as well. I am talking about general outdoor prints like banners, bilboards and things like that. It is not cost effective to laminate any of those and you can't even laminate some. Sorry for the...

I am interested in the durability of eco-solvent for outdoor use, without lamination. Does anyone have experience with this and if so how long does it usually last outside ? I've talked with the ink manufacturer and they're telling me 6-12 months before the ink starts to fade. I also have a...

Yea man, it's interesting...if someone told me to write a zero to hero wide format print book I'd probably have it done in 2 weeks and then would make edits for the next 10 years :D It's never the big stuff, it's always these small things that make your work hard. EDIT: See :D Another...

Has anyone else ever had problems getting 2 profiles to look the same or is this actually the norm ? EDIT: Not sure if this is of any relevance but I used the IT8.7-3 CMYKi1(A4) chart during the profile creation.

Actually I read that one several times both now and before making my first profile. Didn't help in this case. One thing that I don't understand about lephot's suggestion is how does he convert those numbers he gets in the measuring tool to the percentages for VersaWorks, if you could explain...

Also replacing the head is always the easiest solution. Our VS-640's head was recently trashed by bad ink and we got new one. Even though our technician cleaned the whole system some must have remained somewhere so a few days later we had already lost a few nozzles. I called him up and he came...

This can happen on any printer. We have a VS-640 and a production printer and it happens on both if you fail to do one critical thing - center the media. Doing so however is very easy. You simply grab the media in the middle with one hand and pull it straight down, you can usually feel that...

A few days ago we changed the ink on our VS-640 and the first thing I wanted to get out of the way was making the profiles. I have made profiles both for the 640 and other machines and I never had real problems with it...until now. For the Roland I basically follow this tutorial -...