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Hands On: The Longier FR3750

Mar 30, 2015 | Hands on

The Chinese brand Longier is offering a reasonably priced flatbed printer, but how well does it perform in practice? Nessan Cleary asks user Paul Serellis of Eazy Print in Eastleigh.

From time to time you come across a new player in the wide-format inkjet printer market, such as Longier. Its range is built in China but now available in the UK and Europe courtesy of Gary Hall of Hallmark Equipment Services. The first of these was installed over the Christmas period at Eazy Print, based in Eastleigh in Hampshire.

Hands On: Roland VersaUV LEC-540

Mar 5, 2015 | Hands on

This Roland roll-fed UV printer promises the freedom to print to a wide range of media, but does it live up to this? Nessan Cleary asked user Jason Pavlou, managing director of Giraffe Press.

It’s easy to think of UV machines as being for rigid materials and solvents for flexibles but there is a class of UV roll-fed printers that can cope with a wide range of different substrates. These printers are more expensive than their solvent counterparts but their prints cure to a tough finish without the need for lamination and the freedom to use less standard media can lead to a wider range of applications. This is the thinking that led Roland to develop its VersaUV LEC printers. And it’s also the reason that Jason Pavlou, managing director of Giraffe Press, bought one back in the summer of 2013.

Hands On: Epson SC S30600

Jan 26, 2015 | Hands on

This entry-level solvent printer promises good image quality at a reasonable price. But what’s it like to live with? Nessan Cleary asked user Alan White of FastSigns Crawley.

Despite all the predictions of their demise, solvent printers remain the backbone of many wide-format print producers, particularly small bureaux. They’re relatively cheap – from around £12,000 to £30,000 for most models – and there’s quite a few to choose from. They can generally produce good quality results suitable for outdoor display graphics for a wide range of different applications from banners to vehicle graphics. This month we’ve been looking at just one model – Epson’s SureColor SC-S30600, the most affordable of its solvent printers. We spoke with user, designer Alan White of FastSigns Crawley, which installed a SureColor S30600 two years ago. His immediate comment on the machine was that “there’s not much downtime on it.”

Hands On With Apple’s CarPlay In The Ferrari FF

Dec 11, 2014 | Hands on

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Hands On: HP Latex 360

Dec 1, 2014 | Hands on

HP has rejuvenated its entry-level wide format printers with the addition of the third generation latex inks. Nessan Cleary talks to Latex 360 user Ian Penman of IntroScan.

Category: Hands on

Hands On: The Longier FR3750

Hands On: Roland VersaUV LEC-540

Hands On: Epson SC S30600

Hands On With Apple’s CarPlay In The Ferrari FF

Hands On: HP Latex 360

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