Thinking of buying a 9000....any thoughts/suggestions?

[onlyjames]

Hi all, Ive found a decent deal on an epson 9000 and was hoping for some insight from current owners......

I will be using it for indoor foam core signs/banners/easel backs.

My main question is: can I use standard vinyl's? the same material I use in my falcon 2 solvent printer??

Thanks!

 

[knucklehead]

Nope. Has to be aqueous coated vinyl. LexJet, Avery, and of course PhotoTex.

 

[MachServTech]

My main question is: can I use standard vinyl's? the same material I use in my falcon 2 solvent printer??

Thanks!

You need to do your homework on this one. Going from solvent to aqueous causes you to have to pay much much more in material and ink costs, also the production from the epson "9000" will not be outdoor durable.

The upside is you should have much better image quality with no banding and a massively increased color gamut.

 

[G-Artist]

According to FLAAR and a few others the Epson prints die rather immediately in the sun but they produce excellent photo-realistic quality.

Indoor graphics are where it shines.

 

[paul luszcz]

The Epson 9000 is (was) famously slow, with high quality prints that faded quickly, even indoors in the sun. A UV laminate should help or solve the fading, but it's not meant as a production machine. It's great for high quality, low,(really low) volume, such as art prints.