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Creation LJ-2508uv curable wide-format inkjet printer
As with most Chinese printers it comes in many versions: LongJet LJ-2504U, LJ-2508U, and LJ-2512U.
FLAAR inspected this UV combo flatbed printer over a several day period at the Shanghai ’07 international printer trade show.
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This Creation UV printer reminded me of what Chinese solvent printers were like four years ago. My appraisal is in the new FLAAR Reports on all Chinese, Korean, and Taiwan printers that were at the Shanghai event.
Comparing prices of UV-curable inkjet printers
Buying these low-cost UV printers by price comparison is not the best way to compare products. The cheaper printers are cheap because they are cheap. You get what you pay for. And you are usually the beta tester when you buy a cheap printer, finding out what parts break and which features don’t function.
So far we have inspected three Chinese printer factories, but we are learning that it is even more crucial to visit several printshops that actually own and use the printer. So for IP&I, we visited their factory (in Korea) and also inspected two printshops that had IP&I Cube 260uv printers. Very impressive. There is a difference between night and day in a well designed UV printer that is made to last.
First posted August 16, 2007.
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| AGFA :Anapurna XLS |
| DEC Legend 72HUV |
| Dilli Neo Jupiter |
| Durst Rho 320 |
| Durst Rho 700 |
| Durst Rho 1000 |
| Gandinnovations NanoJet UV-curable |
| Gandinnovations Jeti 1224 UV Nanojet II (Nanojet 2) |
| Gandinnovations Jeti 3348 JetSpeed |
| GCC StellarJet K100UV |
| Gerber Solara ion z |
| Grapo Shark |
| HP Scitex XP5100 and HP Scitex XP5300 |
| HP Scitex XP2100 and HP Scitex XP2700 |
| HP Scitex FB6100 |
| HP-Scitex FB950 |
| HP Scitex FB7500 |
| L&P Spuhl RS |
| Mimaki JFX-1631 |
| Rastek H700UV |
| Sun FastJet |
| Roland VersaUV Print&Cut LEC-300 |
| Site visit, NUR Tempo |
| VUTEk GS5000r |
| WP Digital Virtu RR50 |
| WP Digital Virtu R25 & R35 |
| RIP Software |
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| Flatbed XY Cutters |
| UV-Curable ink, OEM |
| Color Gamut of UV inks |
| Sun, Sericol, Triangle |
| and all other UV inks |
| UV-Coaters, Laminators |
| Printheads for UV Printers |
HP Scitex X2 (MEMS) |
KonicaMinolta |
Ricoh |
Spectra Dimatix |
Spectra M Class (MEMS) |
Toshiba Tec |
All other UV printheads |
| UV-Curable, third-party ink |
(others in preparation) |
Trade Shows & Trade Magazines |
| Print '09 PDF |
Interesting inks & Alternative Inks |
Sepiax ink (more in preparation) |
| Solvent, Eco-solvent, Mild-solvent |
| Textile, Fabric Printers |
Fine Art Photography Giclee & Proofing (on other FLAAR sites)
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Epson 4880 |
Epson 7880 |
Epson 9880 |
| HP Z6100 |
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Most of our updates for 2008-2009 onward are in FLAAR Reports in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. It is more efficient for us to make new information available in PDF format. So if the web page itself is not updated, check out www.wide-format-printers.NET to see if the printer, RIP, or other subject is covered in an update in a PDF download.
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