The Economics of Used

If your customers are asking for grand format output (> 10 feet) that will be viewed from more than 10 feet away, you might consider one of our used Scitex GrandJet S5 printers.

The S5 prints on a multitude of substrates (mesh, vinyl, paper, textiles) in 370 dpi four color. Ink is inexpensive at $0.05/ sq. ft., and at nearly 800 sq. ft. per hour, it's a real production work-horse.

We are currently offering this printer at $165,000 which includes factory refurbishment, a warranty, installation, and training.

Through our leasing partner, we can structure a five (5) year lease at $3390 per month. Since this is a $1 purchase option lease, you would be eligible for the bonus depreciation deduction.

Having an INKling

Ink manufacturing has evolved rapidly in our industry from aqueous, dye-based to solvent pigment-based colorants.

Though earlier pigments had less color "punch," they uniformly exhibited more fade resistence. Now it is common to see 3 year outdoor guarantees on pigmented solvent-based inks with dye-like color saturation.

This movement to solvent carriers (fluid used to move colorant to media) has resulted in less complex receptor layers on the media (to make the ink stick), and greater success during lamination. In particular, the substitution of solvent for water has lead to less "cockling" which occurs when too much water carrier causes media wrinkling.

Of remaining concern is the greater difficulty of pushing pigmented inks through high pressure heads because of the colorant being suspended rather than dissolved.

How Can We Help You?

S & P Brokerage puts buyers and sellers together. Our principals have structured thousands of graphic arts equipment sales over the past twenty years.

You can list your graphic arts production equipment on our markerplace website for free, and since it receives an average of 4000 hits per month, your equipment is sure to be seen.

We have operational wide format equipment from Vutek, Oce', Scitex, and NUR, as well as excellent-condition photo digital printers from Durst, and Oce'

And be sure to check out our reference library.