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 p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Experience with DNP DS-40 (and Mac) event printer? | |
I also run a photobooth rental service in Germany and have 5 DS-40s. Before I used Sony 150s, which were built like a tank and heavy like a tank...
During Photokina there was a trade-in offered for the Sony printers, so I switched.
As I ship the printers very often, they get dropped and abused a lot. The outer surface gets scratched very easily and this plastic thing to catch the prints breaks very easy.
There´s one very important thing: Always empty the scratch box before shipping or transport. These little paper cuts jam the printer up very easily.
Loading the media is easy and foolproof. The 5x7 is quite expensive so I normally use only 4x6. The DS-40 can print glossy and matte from the same media kit, but as matte takes 25% longer, I only print glossy. The paper is heavier and feels more "valuable" than the paper used in the rx1, this is why I chose the DS-40.
As far as I know, the DS-40 is "End of life" now, but as long as the media is available, I wouldn´t care. You can get them quite cheap on ebay nowadays, too. Last week two DS40 were sold on ebay (Germany) for less then 300€ each. I should have gotten a sixth one for this price...
Looking back, I´m not totally satisfied, they seem to break easier than the old Sonys, but I assume this happens with all printers.
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