Colorado M Series Magnetic Kit

[Grizzly]

Has anybody used the Magnetic Kit for the M that enables printing on Magnet?
Curious about how it works and if it works well.

 

[Joseph44708]

I have the Colorado 1650 and have the magnetic kit. A GAME CHANGER.
I was running magnet material on a Roland XR640 with alot of set up time, with the Canon magnet kit I load and go. Printed four .025 30" x 50' rolls of Magnum Magnetics today.
I have printed .030 also but .025 runs great. Magnum has the specs for the Canon printers.

 

[Thybo]

Hi. Considering installing Magnetic kit. What changes/modifications are made with magnetic kit for Colorado-M? Are there software updates for the printer as well?

 

[FireSprint.com]

We have two of them (on two of our 3 Colorado Ms)

They work well for 020 and thinner magnet. If you order 020 magnetic from us. It was printed on a Colorado M with a magnet kit. https://www.firesprint.com/die-cut-magnets/

The kit basically replaces anything in the machine that the magnet can get stuck to with stainless. It's tech installed.

 

[Grizzly]

Thanks for the info! We have the kit on order. One tech has told us you lose the ability to use both roll slots. Another says you can omit one of the steps.
Do you still use both rolls? We're planning on printing 48" wide .020 Magnum Magnetic.

 

[Joseph44708]

You can still use both positions.
Magnet only in front, vinyl in both front and rear.
I'm running the .025 Magnum Magnet.
REMBER TO SET THE MEDIA THICKNESS.

 

[MarkSnelling]

I've sold several kits. Work well. Takes several hours to install so plan on a good five hours of labor fees

 

[Tim Miller]

On these Colorado magnet kits, do other medias work the same, or do you have to recalibrate after the magnet kit is installed?

 

[Grizzly]

We didn't make any changes to our other media. We installed it ourselves and didn't have any issues. We didn't install the stiffer spring. We were told that you should only do that if your magnetic media is not loading properly.
We haven't had any issues with .020-.030 magnetic media.

 

[MarkSnelling]

On these Colorado magnet kits, do other medias work the same, or do you have to recalibrate after the magnet kit is installed?

Hey Tim -

We've installed about a dozen kits and nobody has mentioned recalibrating anything.

 

[Tim Miller]

Hey Tim -

We've installed about a dozen kits and nobody has mentioned recalibrating anything.

We didn't make any changes to our other media. We installed it ourselves and didn't have any issues. We didn't install the stiffer spring. We were told that you should only do that if your magnetic media is not loading properly.
We haven't had any issues with .020-.030 magnetic media.

Thanks! We're about to get a couple magnetic kits installed, and I'm just trying to find out what I'm getting into.

 

[MarkSnelling]

Thanks! We're about to get a couple magnetic kits installed, and I'm just trying to find out what I'm getting into.

It's pretty much a nothing sandwich. You can't use .030 magnet, though...but I don't know why people still use 30mil SE when 20mil HE is just as good and much lighter to ship. If you need some magnet pricing, by all means let me know.

 

[Grizzly]

Thanks! We're about to get a couple magnetic kits installed, and I'm just trying to find out what I'm getting into.

Honestly, I'm not sure why they used steel to begin with. Should of just saved everyone the headache and used aluminum from the beginning and then everyone could print magnetic.

 

[compu6199]

What's the cost for that kit?

 

[Grizzly]

I think mine was around $1750.