Deepanshu Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 I'm going buy used minilab, please suggest me which should i buy Noritsu 3202 or Fuji Frontier 550, Which one is better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yustas Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 (edited) 3202 Pro:can be upgraded to 3204 if to buy a capacity booster and long racks. Noritsu reliability. Contra: blue and green lasers are not reliable and may require replacing. 550 Pro: Can also print 30x60 if to upgrade with L1 software. The perfect quality of prints especially human skin tones. Very reliable lasers. Easy laser condition control interface. Contra: Slow. Edited June 26 by yustas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minilab service Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Fuji 5xx Red laser is very not reliable. Almost on all minilabs they stopped to work, or stop to work in the future. Of course it can be repaired. Green and Blue very good. New Fuji 550/570 boards very expensive, hard to find used. Power suppliers very expensive also. Image processing section is very complicated. It is hard to find what doesn't work. On Fuji used CP-49 process. It is fast. Fuji 570 minilab is faster than 550. Noritsu QSS3202 can be upgraded to QSS3203 . QSS32xx can have processor with CP-49 , but it is very rare. It is easy to find QSS32xx parts. The same boards used on QSS33xx ( cheap, smaller minilabs ) and QSS34xx. Noritsu QSS32xx Red laser very reliable. Blue and Green - not. Anyway they can be repaired. Minilab can print 305 x 914 mm . Can be minilabs with two, or three internal paper magazines. Noritsu software is user friendly. Digital orders can print from external computer running W10 64, or W11 64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepanshu Posted July 7 Author Report Share Posted July 7 Does Noritsu QSS32xx QSS33xx and QSS34xx have same other parts Like Laser and AOM etc. If I buy Noritsu QSS33xx OR QSS34xx, there used parts are available in market?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yustas Posted July 7 Report Share Posted July 7 (edited) The AOM drivers are the same for all Noritsu minilabs. The laser units are all different (type A/A1/B/B/fF) and have different types of laser modules: A and B (qss30-31 series), A1 and B1 (qss32-38 series). The fF type laser unit has an A1 type blue module and a B1 type green module. All qss30-37 have been discontinued and are no longer supported by Noritsu. I don't know exactly about the qss37 series, but it seems that Noritsu has also discontinued support for this series. The last series of photo labs that Noritsu made was the qss39. Some spare parts are still in stock in Japan, and you can also buy them on the used minilab market or buy new ones in China. Edited July 7 by yustas mistype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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