Amazing! Very creative ideas! before I take the plunge, I need to know: What is the longest you have left the printer idle between prints? how does the printing hold up after days of not using the printer? Any issues with the white ink? A+ video!
How fast does white and primer run out? I had this printer for only 2 weeks and have only done some small test prints ( for example i probably make like 12 bookmarks total) and white and primer is empty already Is this normal?
Hi, I didn't have to replace mine until a couple months later. 2 weeks sounds too soon. Do you notice if it's running cleanings a lot? What are your printing settings (quality, etc)? I hope I can find an answer for you.
Hey just found your channel, really liking the uv printing. I was just curious, are the white guidelines something that the printer does for you and if not how do you do it?
@PrintBestie thanks for the reply! I actually answered my own question when I watched your acrylic bookmark video. I see you print the white guidelines onto the black anti slip mat! Smart idea for lining things up!
Can you tell me if you do a conture cut then a perf cut do you have to pause the machine after conture cut to lower the blade in the blade holder? Love the video very helpful
No need to pause and change settings. In the software you can input two different blade pressures, one for contour and one for perf, so it cuts one right after the other. Thanks and happy to help!
Hello and thanks! The ink on the grippy mat is pretty permanent! I've switched to using a cardstock template. Sometimes I use blue tape on the back of the item to hold it in place. I've heard that play doh works well too just to prevent light or thin items from moving around
LOVE your channel and always great videos! With doing contour cuts, how often do you go through cut strips? Also, what is the cut strip replacement like? Is it difficult? Thanks again for all of your help!
Thank you!! I have not yet changed my cut strip surprisingly! I have one on hand and ready to replace, but have not needed to yet. When I do I'll make a video on it. But I believe you just wedge it out and pop the new one in.
Thanks! It should be 4 inches max and if you use a rotary rack it takes up space so the cylindrical item is limited to something like 2 inches according to the info on the website. I haven't tried it out myself yet but hopefully soon!
Hello Angela! Love your videos! Can you make a video doing a name on a small tumbler? I know you can’t use the rotary, but I wonder if you can just print on one side.
@@PrintBestie Yeah, InDesign and Illustrator have a lot of similarities. I think most people still go the Illustrator route for making labels, but it's always nice to have another way.
some info I have this printer and i print a lot so here are my thoughts: Before buying this printer beware that the INK cartriges for this printer come only in 220ml! The white color will run out within a month if you print or not. The printer will use around 4-5ml a day for self cleaning. The printer is cleaning itselft before, within and after printing and wastes about 80% of all ink. Unless you print more than half a day you will never catch up with the waste ink used for cleaning so be ready to send 500€ of ink to the drain. A 220 ml color costs 90€ and the white about 60€ .. for the bigger printers this is how much you pay for like 500ml... so the ink in this printer is extremely costly and most of it will be wasted. The other thing I really don´t like is the printer is missing very basic bed positioning buttons on the front. You have to readjust from your pc.. if it´s not next to it and just 5m away be ready to walk a LOT! A single print run if you print 1 item or full A5 will cost you 1-2€ so the print is EXPENSIVE becasue the printer will clean, and even clean again. Per day this printer will waste around 5€ of ink if idle and not used. The printer is Cheaper and has the same print quality is the top tier Roland printers BUIT. The ink cartriges are only 220 ml and will run out fast basically within a month (white) and others max 2 months even if you don´t print. The printer cleans itslef almost all the time.. it´s actually quite annoying. 8 hour cycle but if you print even more. Negatives: No positioning buttons on the front for moving the bed, Only 220ml ink, too much cleaningand most of ink wasted*. Positives: the software is great, Roland color palette! White and Primer cna be controlled separately in versaWorks or in Illustrator, Print quality is TOP, Somwwhat Affordable* I would expect an upgrade to the selfcleaning by some firmware to extend it to 12hours or at least to remove a few within printing cycles. A bigger cartridge would be strongly appreciated (at least 500ml). Especially for white. Tip on how to save ink if you print little: buy a mechanic electric plug timer and only set up the printer to run (give it power) 1,5 hours a day it will do 1 cleaning so you can be away even 2 months.
Thanks for sharing your experience! I think there are some variables that make it a little different. I've heard that environment also plays a part in it circulating/cleaning a lot. But yes it does seem to clean right before a job if left idle for some time. I've had my machine since late March (about 4 months) and have yet to replace CMYK, though I've put in a new white and primer. I appreciate the tip as well! I've never done that or have thought about using an electric timer so it sounds like an interesting work around.
@@PrintBestie I just printed 400 pens I made the stats 21 print cycles and 7 major cleans so every 3 times you print it will do a major clean.. so from 90€ worth of "profit" wasted ink cuts about 25-30€ .. so this was the last time I printed pens on this one (18 at a time). Can only use the printer on high value small items and print as many as possible becasue it does not matter if your print uses 0,01ml or 3,5ml of ink per print the 3rd clean cycle will waste 2+ml and the little cleans I think 0,7 per clean so a lot of ink maybe 5% will be used to generate just 90€ for pens. So fdefinitely not worth it.. 1ml of ink costs around 0,5€ (5% of all ink is 50ml = 25€) I had to replace white ink already 3weeks after purchase.. I guess I print more =) Primer also. Primer is only there to add profit for EPSON .. 95% wasted as I barely need it for any print so I just wste all of it...
Love your videos! Here's an idea for being able to print the roof on the angled Lego piece. Maybe try putting some Play-doh on the bed and then pushing the Lego brick into it at an angle so that the roof is parallel with the print head. I just got this printer so I'm loving your content. Keep it up!
Great idea! I was thinking about the clay one day (foam clay) and wasn't sure if that was a funky idea. Now I'm definitely going to try this. Thanks for watching! :)
Angelyn, i have a request. Can you please try printing on a polymer clay object, like a charm or an earring or any small flat or curve dry polymer clay object as that is definitely going to expand the Use Cases of UV printing. Plus That'd be first on the internet.😊 Keep doing great work. Love. ❤
Nice video thanks ! I would like to know if it prints on mirror , shinny metal, rubber items like rubber bracelets or rubber slippers or erasers, and does it print on 3D printed objects ? And is it scratch resistant for these materials ? Thanx again
I have not printed on any of those and it makes me look forward to trying all of them out! UV ink is pretty scratch resistant, it's like a hard coated ink. I think it will crack though if printed on something that can bend such as a rubber slipper. But likely I will be trying all these and sharing the results!
Amazing that you’re working with one of these units. I can’t justify the expense yet at 10K. You must have a large volume to be able to get a return on that investment. Great job!
Can you show the cut feature if you wanted to laminate your stickers first? The only example I’ve found, a sheet is cut and laminated then the stickers are cut out using another plotter. Can you show this without having to buy a second machine?
Awesome!!!! They turned out looking really nice and the tab makes it easy to peel. Great tutorial on how to make the little tab as well. Thanks for sharing.
Hi, I have mine in my home office. When the door is shut the noise is comparable to someone watching TV inside. When not in use there is no sound, only for a couple of minutes every 6-8 hours as it refreshes the heads automatically. As far as smell, as long as the unit is closed in printing there's not really a smell. I have vinyl rolls in this room and that smells a bit more noticeably than the UV printer.
The overspray doesn't really happen when the object is not thick. This coaster is about a quarter inch thick. It mostly happens on taller objects. I hope that helps :)
I’m really considering getting this😅 your videos are the only ones I can find on it but have been really pushing me to just go for it. I run a sticker shop on ig & have been saving for over 6 months for a large format printer that I don’t have the room for 😆 But this could work and open up a whole other avenue for me. It’s very scary tho 😣
@@1swttl Ty yesss I saw that too ive been looking around at lots . The ones that use uv ink on the Epson website really caught my eye 20k tho..go big or go home right 😆
@@ebabylopez Buy a Roland MO-240. I have an order in for one that is coming at the end of July....$35K MSRP. Max print size of 25.1" x 19.2" and up to 8" in height.
@@1swttl ooh congrats that’s sounds sooo nice and really expensive lol I’d have to save another year for that. I’ll definitely go check it out on the website . And dream about it
Thank you for watching! I started off with a sticker shop as well and UV was so intimidating at first. I kept asking a lot of questions because I was so nervous whether I could even understand it lol. There is learning curve for setting up the item in the printing bed but I had experience using a laser cutting machine which was similar. If you have many inquiries or customers who want this type of printing it might be worth getting - but definitely worth looking into more! :) I'm glad that this smaller UV printer is not very finicky I haven't had any headaches with it so far.
It's going to vary on your usage, but for me I've had it since end of March and just changed the white ink last week (June). I haven't replaced any other colors yet. I use this machine between 3-5 times a week.
5:14 It looks like you have a few white overspray on the transparent cover, try to clean the items before you print to remove static from the items. I usually use isopropyil alcohol or you can use other anti static cleaner then wipe it dry before print. Also I recommend to fill the box with black cloth or any dark colored items/cover to minimize the UV lamp reflection to the print head to make the print head lifespan longer.
