Word of advice, avoid Afinia at all costs. Lots of issues with customer support, quality of prints is great only when the printhead is brand new. Speed is excellent on their machines, but the Memjet heads do not last as long as advertised.
Another word of caution to avoid the memjet printers. When I began with labels I wanted to get the C6500 but went for the Afinia instead but there are a few reasons I wish I hadn’t. 1) I personally think the quality of the Epson would be better than the Afinia. Colours aren’t great on the Afinia and you get lines where the memjet nozzles are stitched together. 2) The print head for the Afinia is a consumable and costs in the region of $800. You need to print every day to stop the head drying up. 3) You really need a label finisher to make full use of the Afinia. It’s really specific about pre cut labels and for circles you either need a black mark on the back, or you need circles die cut inside of squares to help with the gap detection. We bought our Afinia then it sat for a year until we could afford the $10k finisher to go with it. I definitely wish I’d gone for the Epson from day one and I’m still considering the Epson now just for easier printing of pre die cut labels.
I don’t know if I’ve printed anything that’s mostly black but from what I’ve seen the black looks good. It does not look as good when I print on matte labels.
