Zoran Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 I am working with a Frontier 500 at the moment , but the workflow is decreasing each year . I live in a small city that mainly lives of tourism so I have over 500 photos a day only during the summer (two months ), the other part of the year only under 100 photos made a day. I am writing this to hear some advice from all of you , is it better to go to dry lab like Frontier DL 430 , I so that the prices for the paper and cartridges has dropped a lot. Thanks to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manager Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I believe that the minilab clients are less and less. many minilabs are closing, so I would not buy a wet lab anymore. The investment, the room it takes... A wet lab is also harder to care for. The softwares are old and hard to configure.. Dry lab is the future. And ink printers are now unbelievable good. I sell now wide ecosolvent printers, 1.5 to 3.2 meters and am amazed that they can print almost photo quality. very slow, of course, nobody uses them at full quality. And the costs are less than half a dollar/square meter, compared to how much a poster would cost in a minilab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXLtdLab Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 You're doing under 100 prints a day, five days a week? With that sort of volume, is even a drylab worth it? You need to get your volume up regardless first, not switchign equipment. I completely disagree with everything manager is saying. You can buy used wet-labs very affordably, and the cost per print is cheaper. Then again, 500 prints per week, 4x6", am I reading you right? What's the size of your Dev. and Blix tanks, and what type of solution are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikkiweb Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Odakle si ti Zorane ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 Macedonia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Amies Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 You could just buy a dye sub based photo kiosk, a lot less money , alot less space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 If you change mini labs . How old is the your wet lab? What condition? And how would you be looking for if you downsize? We are getting too busy and need to inhouse printing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran Posted April 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I have already sold my Frontier 500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Blunt and straight to the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manager Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I have already sold my Frontier 500. congratulations 8) maybe T-shirt, pillows and mug printing would be a good plus to your bussines. If you haven't already done that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alper76 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Hey Daz Hope all is well at your end mate. Down To my last DL unit now, so you better be quick. Cheers Errol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Amies Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Now I did tell you Daryl. Get him sorted Errol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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