![]() ![]() This takes quite a while and is a good time to go and get a coffee or check your email. Once the ink and printhead are in place, the printer goes off into a “Printhead Servicing” routine. Once the printhead is located into place, it is well protected, though. The ink cartridges are placed into their clearly marked slots and then the Memjet printhead itself is unpacked and put into place – a little fiddly to do, I was afraid of breaking something as it seems a little delicate. ![]() These are not the ink cartridges from your HP printer at home – each holds 250 ml and look as though they’ll last for a fair bit of use. The VP700 comes with 5 ink cartridges, Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and 2 Black ones. Getting the machine ready to use starts with removing the tape and cardboard that protects it during shipping. ![]() The packing job is pretty good and all the loose parts are located in cutouts in the foam packaging. Unpacking the machine and lifting it onto a table is a two man job unless you are really rugged. The box in this case is a pallet – this is not to be confused with getting a new Zebra or Datamax printer, the package weighs about 120 pounds and needs to be delivered by the freight version of UPS. It is built by VIPColor’s parent company, Venture Corporation in Malaysia using the Memjet print engine – I’m told that Venture manufactures all the Memjet print engines, although I can’t verify this. The printer is actually the same machine as the Afinia L801 printer. The capability to be able to reliably print colour labels on demand has been a holy grail for many people for some time – check out my thoughts on the issue that I wrote here, for example.Īt the moment, there are a lot of Memjet powered printers coming on the market, and I had the chance to check out one of the latest variants, the VP700 from VIPColor. ![]()
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