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HP DesignJet 5500 - Anyone used one? What can you do with em?

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Friend of mine picked up a HP DesignJet 5500.  I was wondering if anyone on here has any real world experience with this printers.  It came with aqueous inks but she says there's a conversion kit to print solvent ink?  I thought solvent ink required different print heads but fact is, i just don't know.

For the time being we are going to try and print on some 631 and see how they hold up - can anyone yay or nay this idea?  Is there a different vinyl that should be used for this process?

Thanks!
Tom

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Aqueous ink won't work on regular vinyl. They make vinyl with a special coating for printing with it.

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it will wipe off and not lay right on regular vinyl like signyouup said - if you put solvent in it the solvent will eat the heads, manifolds and lines - 

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1 hour ago, signyouup said:

Aqueous ink won't work on regular vinyl. They make vinyl with a special coating for printing with it.

I second that you need special vinyl to use the the standard inks. 

As far as converting it I did read a bit on the web about it.  In my opinion Frankenstein equipment can cost more than it's worth. 

 

 

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5 hours ago, knucklehead said:

Pigment ink + PhotoTex = Wall Murals

Can plotters cut this ?

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