Realistic Print Speeds

[BigfishDM]

Wanted to get everyones feedback on what machines they have had experiences with that can do 720x720 DPI that produces 200sq.ft an hour or more. Al the dealers tell me lies on the speeds so I thought you guys could let me know what you have that can handle this. Thanks

 

[BigfishDM]

Bump

 

[Custom_Grafx]

VS 640 double cmyk, 6pass 720dpi, approx 130sq ft/hr on gloss white sav.

edit to add thats on 64" media. the narrower the roll, the slower.

 

[HulkSmash]

the narrower the roll, the slower.

really!??!

 

[Custom_Grafx]

really!??!

no?

 

[Gino]

Of course the more narrow the roll, the more the square footage speed goes down.

Our machine is 720 x 720, but only about 165 Sq an hour. That's considered normal or production mode. We can get faster, but resolution seems to suffer a little bit.

 

[Custom_Grafx]

Of course the more narrow the roll, the more the square footage speed goes down.

Our machine is 720 x 720, but only about 165 Sq an hour. That's considered normal or production mode. We can get faster, but resolution seems to suffer a little bit.

I thought so.

The reason I mentioned it was because the reason why sometimes print speed can differ to what's on the machine's spec sheet, is the width of media used... and of course head speed (huge difference). Then there's feed rate and resolution too I guess.

I'm not familiar with mimaki's and mutohs, but on the rolands there is something called "full width scan". If that is turned on/off that can make a big difference too depending on what you're printing.