DIGITAL Printing Battle of the inks – five reasons to buy manufacturer-approved
Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT) is an authorised reseller for the Mimaki, Canon and the Epson range of printers and is committed to only ever providing customers with manufacturer-approved inks through the appropriate UK distributor. GPT General Manager, Stuart Cole, provides five good reasons why:
Manufacturers
warranties Once a third party ink is introduced into your printer, you take the risk of voiding your manufacturer’s warranty. The inks may be cheaper and the savings might look tempting, but out-of-warranty repairs caused by third party inks, can be expensive. It’s a gamble, and not one I think you should take with such an important investment as your wide format printer.
Stuart Cole, General Manager, Graphic Printing Technologies.
Consistent quality If you move away from approved manufacture inks, you take the risk of variable quality. One thing I do know is that none of the third party inks match up to the quality of the original manufacturer’s. There are suggestions that some are just as good, but my experience suggests not. Certainly no one claims that they are better, so the best you can be hoping for is the same, while taking the risk of achieving much worse, and taking the financial cost risk to boot!
Colour In line with a lack of quality, third party inks rarely get close to the original manufacturer inks when it comes to colour gamut, which in turn will affect the colour accuracy of the prints you produce.
Vibrant colours and durability from a Mimaki CJV30-60.
Reliability Introducing a third party ink into your printer is always a risk. It is very possible that the reliability of the machine could be adversely affected. This may not be apparent immedi-
ately, but it may manifest itself as an issue over time as the third party inks take their toll on the printer. By then, it is often too late to
reverse the problem and the damage is done. If this happens, the fix is likely to be costly. I speak to customers who have
Consistent quality using original manufacturer inks.
taken the gamble and regretted it immediately, but all too late, as the money has been spent and the damage done!
68 Sign Update ISSUE 132 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011
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