Mimaki Printer - Advice Please

[Justin]

Looking for a Mimaki printer, 1.6m. Primarily to serve customer with window cling stickers etc.

Found a couple of JV33-160, appreciate this is an older model but are these pretty bulletproof? Is CV a much better printer?

[pw66]

I've got a CJV, bought just after lock down. Good printer - when it is working.
The print head went after about 100m, and was replaced with a used one under warranty. Just after the warranty expired the Comm Io board failed - £1700 for the part plus fitting. A few weeks later the replacement printhead failed - cost about £2400 to replace it. So two printheads in about 250m of HTV vinyl....
Maybe I was just unlucky with 'lockdown' parts?

[froggy]

The JV400 SUV can be purchased on the used market at handy money. hard wearing uv inks which dont require lamination or gassing off.

[Justin]

Appreciate Reponses, our engineer managed to find a nearly new Mutoh Xpertjet for a great price so we've swung that way.

Still looking for a 64" dye sub printer so will look at the Mimakis for this as well.