frcs Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 Dear friends, I am running a small School Photo business and I'm seeking your advice, please. We print about 20,000 prints every season (from 10x15cm to 20x30cm, we print student portraits and class photos only) but I hope to raise my production up to 50,000 prints within 2 years. So far, we have been working with a local supplier but the quality is poor and unstable. For this reason, I am considering printing myself and getting real control of ink and paper. I read a bit of articles & comments and I guess I need to choose between the Fujifilm DE100 or the Epson D1070. Which printer would you recommend me, knowing that I will NOT use the printer for approximately 3 to 4 months every year (no schools open during summer time). Thank you very much for your appreciated help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purnomosetiawan Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 4 hours ago, frcs said: Dear friends, I am running a small School Photo business and I'm seeking your advice, please. We print about 20,000 prints every season (from 10x15cm to 20x30cm, we print student portraits and class photos only) but I hope to raise my production up to 50,000 prints within 2 years. So far, we have been working with a local supplier but the quality is poor and unstable. For this reason, I am considering printing myself and getting real control of ink and paper. I read a bit of articles & comments and I guess I need to choose between the Fujifilm DE100 or the Epson D1070. Which printer would you recommend me, knowing that I will NOT use the printer for approximately 3 to 4 months every year (no schools open during summer time). Thank you very much for your appreciated help! Looking back at D700 and D830 ( we have both machines) both printer has issue on durability and parts, mostly weak pump, ink house leaking etc. Print head itself is OK but user mostly mistaken when they have erratic clogging they do more more cleaning and destroy the printhead, the problem itself is weak pump that cause regular clogging. With new D1070, i will not hope any differences. We purchased DE100 few years back, and so far is this printer more industrial than feel cheap Epson, you can clean printhead with a single color so it won't waste more inks. Unless you need double side printer. in my opinion, go with DE100. frcs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilab service Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 If you will not use printer 3 - 4 month it is big possibility, that ink inside print head will dry. DE100 ink is better in this case ( because more concentrated ) , but it is possibility to dry out. On DE100 used Ricoh print head elements, which are used on Ricoh industrial printers. On Epson SL-D700 and SL-D800 used the same low quality print head, but it is cheap. frcs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frcs Posted March 14 Author Report Share Posted March 14 Thank you @purnomosetiawan and @Minilab service I have also checked the DX100, cheaper, but it seems to be less reliable. So far it seems I'll go with the DE100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilab service Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 Fuji DX100 is green painted Epson SL-D700, where used Fuji software and cartridges from Fuji. DX100 is made by Epson. Fuji just sell it. DE100 is printer is made by Fuji. There used Fuji, Ricoh and Xerox technologies. The most boards and print head made by Ricoh. frcs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frcs Posted March 14 Author Report Share Posted March 14 Could you let me know what is the software used with the DE100? I am selling my pictures online, and my provider is asking me. the idea would be for them to export files that could be used by the DE100. I'm not sure if my question makes sense... thanks for your feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilab service Posted March 14 Report Share Posted March 14 DE100 has printer driver. It is similar with print drivers, which you see on basic home printers. Print driver is good, when print only few pictures. When print many pictures then print driver is not very confortable. Need open picture, correct it, open print driver, set picture dimensions, choose orentation, select paper width, surface and make other settings. It would be real pain, if need to make many prints. To print orders Fuji has MS01 software. There just select print channel, open pictures and they all will be printed automatically. Do not need to make any additional settings. With MS01 can use many optional modules. For example Hotfolder ( MS13 ) . When used this optional module just enough to drop files into shared folder these pictures will be printed on exact paper ( size and surface ) . DE100 can use some third parties software. This software will print using print driver, but do not need make settings manually ( because software will do0 it automatically ) . frcs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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