We are acquiring a small competitor who has a Roland Soljet PROIII XC-540. I believe it was made in 2008 or 2009 and can confirm this tomorrow. We have other printers that are similar to this one and so we would like to sell it. It appears to be in immaculate condition and his maintenance schedule for it is very impressive. I watched it print yesterday and everything works as it should. I only have experience with Mimakis and HP Latex printers. I'm looking for some guidance on what this machine might sell for. I checked eBay and I see them listed for $9K - 11K. Is this about the range we can expect? I appreciate the help!
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Roland Soljet PROIII Print & Cut XC-540 - VALUE?
- Thread starter MarkH42
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Solventinkjet
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The main problem is that you can get a brand new, modern, fast, high quality, easy to maintain printer these days for $10,000 - $13,000 usually. This makes purchasing a decade old machine with 6 expensive heads that is slower than it's modern counter parts not a good deal. Even though the heads alone are worth about $4800, there isn't much value in the machine. I personally would never spend more than $6000 on an XC540.
Ultimate13
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The main thing to me when we bought a used XC-540 and an XJ-740 was the service record on the head life. If they need to be replaced soon or are in the "danger" zone, the price drops dramatically. That is how we got ours fairly cheap, both for $6k, which I think is way cheap, However they have been working very well for a couple years without replacements yet. It was a very similar situation to yours as they had bought a smaller competitor, these were basically in the way.
eahicks
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Would like to know this as well. Have a SC545EX we need to get rid of. Probably needs all new heads now, been sitting a while. Needed 2 last time we tried to run it.
InkjetAuction
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I repair a lot of Roland models for folks who have purchased used Roland gear (here in the Northeast).
Seems like $8k is the actual cash paid price for the typical XC-540 needing a little work and the SC-545EX ranges from $5k-$6.5k.
These are prices paid by knowledgeable buyers that have done their homework.
On the other hand I have more than a few customers that have paid over $5.5k for beat up SP-300's (not even V models). So you never know.
Seems like craigslist is the top mover of gear from my view. Relatively local buyers so you aren't stuck shipping a printer.
The used printer thing makes me nervous... and I can usually fix messed up machines. Buyers and sellers beware.
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Seems like $8k is the actual cash paid price for the typical XC-540 needing a little work and the SC-545EX ranges from $5k-$6.5k.
These are prices paid by knowledgeable buyers that have done their homework.
On the other hand I have more than a few customers that have paid over $5.5k for beat up SP-300's (not even V models). So you never know.
Seems like craigslist is the top mover of gear from my view. Relatively local buyers so you aren't stuck shipping a printer.
The used printer thing makes me nervous... and I can usually fix messed up machines. Buyers and sellers beware.
~E