We will either try to get an evaluation printer for our studio or make a closer inspection at the next trade show. Otherwise we tend to concentrate our resources on the printers that most people write in and ask us about, namely Encad , Hewlett - Packard , ColorSpan , Epson, and Roland . I recently got an e-mail from someone who had bought a used Fuji Colorpix. He got it at a real low price and indicated that as long as you don't get close enough to see the gritty background pattern the images are okay for basic signs. This just goes to show that every printer, even the worst one, is ideal for someone somewhere.
Every printer has at least one saving grace.
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