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CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?

Yes
7 (58.3%)
No
5 (41.7%)

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Offline ZooCity

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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2018, 12:09:09 PM »
I like a 1430 for film backup, at your door in a day from amazon if it goes down, low cost, runs dye ink, makes great dots.  13" w is a limitation however.

I wouldn't run film without a film backup, let alone CTS even it was actively supported.


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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2018, 03:02:07 PM »
we were using an Autotype Quadra film printer - basically a 64" wide roland inkjet.  once we bought our i-Image in 2014 the Roland was put in a corner -  we kept it as a backup for a while but never used it again.  we threw it away before we moved. 

our i-Image hasnt had any problems that we couldnt solve over the phone or parts shipped overnight...  easy enough to fix and robust enough that we dont have to worry about it.


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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2018, 03:12:35 PM »
Btw I liked Dans suggestion. I’ll have to do that if our I-image breaks. If I was further afield from other people I might think different.
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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2018, 03:14:28 PM »
I like a 1430 for film backup, at your door in a day from amazon if it goes down, low cost, runs dye ink, makes great dots.  13" w is a limitation however.

I wouldn't run film without a film backup, let alone CTS even it was actively supported.

I hadn’t thought of that but that would be a good fix in a pinch!
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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #19 on: February 22, 2018, 03:27:11 PM »
We had an epson printer that we hadn't used in a while. When we needed to use it for something, we turned it on, and the printer was bricked. Nothing to do with the ink, it had a service code that translated to, this printer is unserviceable.
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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #20 on: February 22, 2018, 03:44:25 PM »
Also, if you have a solvent printer, I've seen film made to generate positives with those.  Would be the easiest backup since it would only cost a roll of the film.

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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #21 on: February 22, 2018, 05:32:11 PM »
We've printed a few dozen pieces of film this week for a shop that doesn't have a backup film printer.  He's had quite a few issues with his CTS the last 6 months and we've used almost an entire roll of film for his stuff since his problems began.  So when we go CTS, we will definitely have a film backup. 
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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #22 on: February 22, 2018, 08:32:31 PM »
We've printed a few dozen pieces of film this week for a shop that doesn't have a backup film printer.  He's had quite a few issues with his CTS the last 6 months and we've used almost an entire roll of film for his stuff since his problems began.  So when we go CTS, we will definitely have a film backup.

Or maybe just not the brand CTS he has. ;)

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Re: CTS Owners - Do you have a backup inkjet printer?
« Reply #23 on: February 22, 2018, 08:58:08 PM »
We've printed a few dozen pieces of film this week for a shop that doesn't have a backup film printer.  He's had quite a few issues with his CTS the last 6 months and we've used almost an entire roll of film for his stuff since his problems began.  So when we go CTS, we will definitely have a film backup.

Or maybe just not the brand CTS he has. ;)
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