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Drain it, strap the hell out of it and keep anything with ink in it the hell out of sunlight.

Could be media lifting up or similar, while there is some waviness and weirdness to the magenta, slight possibility of it being an issue with the ink itself.

Yup, nice thing about knowing how to reconfigure the Hosonsoft and other controllers, if the bed has the physical space, can eek out the extra half inch or so. We're just ordering frames, motors and control systems. Doing the tubing, heads and other parts sourced from other vendors. As for the...

Seeing as the previous owner threw away the shipping brackets, I'd avoid it. There is a LOT that can go wrong in shipping if these aren't secured properly. Another option is finding a specialty equipment mover that will at least insure the shipping.

Based on the messages before in private, would definitely invest in having a trained tech move it.

5mm of ink would be a crazy amount of ink, doable, but shrinkage with UV inks at that thickness becomes a thing. Can compensate by making layered artwork though. Gantry gap is 50mm + 7-8mm head gap.

2" thick, but no rotary. Though, those tend to be dog slow and janky. CMYKLcLm plus White & Clear. Pretty typical flatbed.

In talks with a Chinese maker to bring in a few 24"x36" 3-head (XP600) flatbeds in and cost on those is only like $4K, though freight is added as well as tarriffs. The little 12" flatbeds are around $2k with a single printhead. Main thing is going to be how well they implement software. Though...

LUS-120 from STS for their aftermarket ink is about $78 retail and we buy in bulk to resell to local shops and use ourselves.

Cheesy way to advertise is all. We do have vendor forums here you can use. That said, testimonials are nothing compared to a solid demo.

I pay $60-ish per liter for UV ink, even OEM inks rarely top $250.

Works if using clear acrylic/glass/polycarbonate but found using a light diffusing white plastic to begin with tends to be more economical in time and ink.

For backlit menu, we use a UV flatbed to print on white acrylic/polycarbonate, no white ink as that blocks light from passing through.

Will be interesting if Anker does a decent job of supporting it. They're more of a gadget company than anything, so would be interesting to see how that plays out. Odds are the head is off the shelf, as a custom one would be insanely expensive.

Been talking to someone with a review unit, interested to see what head they put in it. Wondering if they went with something like an XP600 or if they went with something obscure. Also taking a look at the ink DRM, $430/liter is obscene.

I've had decent luck using UVDTF transfers on glass, no weeding and the transfer tape is applied by the printer. However, not a ton of people using those.

Being thorough in a write-up of a 5-figure purchase is a good thing. Thanks for sharing. =)

Another effin' subscription. Hey software vendors, spam asides, just sell a copy. Subscriptions are great for a hot trial, but for a program, if it is as good as the unsolicited advertising claims, would be nice to not be paying for years.

Their software smells like cheese.

Last time I heard that sound, someone hit their printer with a forklift and it fell off the loading dock. That's not even in an area near the heads, so a first for me. Blame the new guy and call insurance? There's a technical reason for it, but I was driving for 7 hours and working on printers...