hp designjet 500

[colebag]

Is the hp designjet 500 24” a good printer for printing on vinyl rolls for making stickers with
thanks in advance

[Mrteajunkie]

No good for vinyl printing.
you need ecosolvent printer for vinyl.
It will print to paper and sheet stickers but so will any inkjet printer.

What’s your budget?
You are looking at £3-5k second hand for ecosolvent.

[colebag]

ok thanks I was looking at the them and what I could find out was you can by rolls of inkjet vinyl but you just need to laminate it for outdoor use also wanted it for printing posters and canvas is it any good for that do you no budget would be about £1500 also looking at the z2100

[Mrteajunkie]

ok thanks I was looking at the them and what I could find out was you can by rolls of inkjet vinyl but you just need to laminate it for outdoor use also wanted it for printing posters and canvas is it any good for that do you no budget would be about £1500 also looking at the z2100

If you only want to print posters and pictures it’s fine but for canvas banners and vinyl you need to be using ecosolvent or latex or even uv printing.

And you would also need a separate cutter for cutting your prints.

You will struggle to find anything for that budget the print heads alone in my machine are £1500 and the inks are £80+ each then cleaning cartirdges £68 and the list goes on.

If your not going to really use it, and I mean really use it then don’t make the jump.
I jumped in the deep end with mine then realised the ongoing costs like maintenance costs and cover along with consumable parts and time.

If it wasn’t for the T-shirt’s and magnetics work I already have needing it, I would have sold it on by now.

You really need to look at the things you will need and add it all up.

Laminating film
laminator
vinyl
inks
cleaning and tools
Machine
software

and the most important have you got the space?
these machines are huge I was shocked how big they really are in a small unit.

[Justin]

Z2100 is a fabulous printer, we have a 44" inch machine here.

[colebag]

Z2100 is a fabulous printer, we have a 44" inch machine here.

what sorts of things can you print with the z2100

[colebag]

ok well I will steer away from the vinyl printing for now then and will look in to the z2100 a bit more of what can be done with it space isn't as issue so not to worried about the size of it. is a 24" better one to get or is it better to get the larger 44" and use that mainly for 24" work and have the extra if I ever need it