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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Here is the Creation LJ-2508uv curable wide-format inkjet printer at Shanghai 2007. |
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.
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Creation LJ-2508uv curable wide-format inkjet printer. |
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.
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Creation company did not exhibit much in 2010 and were missing at Dongguan 2011 Chinese printer companies come and go every few years. I did not see much of Creation during 2010 and did not notice them at Dongguan 2011 either. So if they do not appear at APPPEXPO 2011 (in July) it is probable they are not a viable manufacturer or even distributor at this point.
Since there are more than 45 manufacturers around the world of UV-cured printers, and of these more than a dozen are in China, if your company is not large enough to attend all the major expos, then competitors who are more healthy take the market share.
Most recently updated March 7, 2011. First posted August 16, 2007.
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We are adding new pages and new features every month so it is not always realistic to update old pages from past years. All the old equipment is still available on eBay, so we keep even our old pages. If you wish only the more up to date product reviews, these are in PDFs (not in the web pages, but in PDFs which are linked in the columns at the right of every page). Please realize that we tend to update a page (or a PDF) primarily when it is clear that our readers ask about this brand or model frequently. With over 45 brands of UV printers and over 200 models in the past ten years, it is not realistic to update pages on obsolete brands or unpopular models. If you prefer to speak with Nicholas Hellmuth in person about a printer, you can bring him to your company anywhere in the world as consultant. By later in 2011 each of our web sites will be in 36 different languages with instant translation (and better than old fashioned web page translators of several years ago). So far all the languages are available on www.FLAAR.org and www.3d-scanners-3d-software-reviews.org. Next will be our fine art photography, giclee, decor web site. |
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