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[ikarasu]

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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, most Chinese printers can run in Flexi and Onyx these days as well.

Ask / make sure your printers can be used with Flexiprint. The chinese software sucks... constant crashes and is unusable... The prints are nice, and the raised text is good, my only regret is the software.. Pirated and glithcy software, with broken english all throughout it. A lot of models use a newer board where flexi will work, but a lot of vendors still use the old board where it doesn't... so If software is important to you, its worth a question.

I'd also ask if its genuinelly 24x36... china uses metric. One reason I opted for a smaller flatbed was because their "24x36" was really "60x90"... so I couldn't print on a 24x36" Board, which was my main reason for wanting a larger flatbed.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

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 software, yeah, it can suck. Thankfully most language pack files are easy to rewrite, did that with a BetterPrinter controller and holy hell it helps with the sanity. If you still have the flatbed, see what controller it uses, might be able to recalibrate things to get more depth/width.

 

[dreko]

Hmmm too bad LogoJet's 60x90 sized flatbed was priced at a more honest price point.... I guess I could say this about quite a few print manufacturers. I'm realizing how crazy
high the artificial price markups are on the printer/hardware. Oh well, capitalism at work, fortunately we're witnessing how the Chinese are going to exploit this area appropriately.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

The LogoJets are just Chinese printers. The printers are basically kits, so going to see boatloads of random brands selling them. Like Xante, Procolored and all them. Some claim to be made in the US, but are just assembled here, and they put crazy markup on them.

 

[dreko]

Yes, Logotjets are chinese printers, however, the company has priced them as though they were all manufactured here in the USA, with exorbitant pricing for what they are... IMO
With 3D printers, 3D scanners, Drones, Robotics... we're seeing the price for the hardware come down. The 4k printer price range is more realistic for a 24x36 flatbed with decent software. If I understand things correctly, the software
on your 4k import is not great....