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« on: July 31, 2009, 09:05:23 am »

I purchased Epsons 7900 in Dec. and just love it. I do mostly canvas gallery wraps and have just opened our new gallery. My first customer came in yesterday and guess what she wants large gallery wraps for a club house project and she loved our work but wants 30 X 40 wraps. I figured this would be the issue once I saw that my largest wraps with the 24" printer are 20 X 32. Being this is a new business and we are in the country we will probably not be getting much foot  traffic. I have money put back for an FX Nikon but the better purchase might be the 9900. My biggest concern is to have 2 wide format printers and real low use here at the start.  At $2500 per 700ml inksets thats alot to keep 2 of these printers here until the business gets going. I am leaning towards ordering the 9900 today as the $500 rebate runs out today. I can then advertise the larger prints right from the start.
Thoughts anyone?
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« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2009, 09:35:19 am »

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I purchased Epsons 7900 in Dec. and just love it. I do mostly canvas gallery wraps and have just opened our new gallery. My first customer came in yesterday and guess what she wants large gallery wraps for a club house project and she loved our work but wants 30 X 40 wraps. I figured this would be the issue once I saw that my largest wraps with the 24" printer are 20 X 32. Being this is a new business and we are in the country we will probably not be getting much foot traffic traffic. I have money put back for an FX Nikon but the better purchase might be the 9900. My biggest concern is to have 2 wide format printers and real low use here at the start.  At $2500 per 700ml inksets thats alot to keep 2 of these printers here until the business gets going. I am leaning towards ordering the 9900 today as the $500 rebate runs out today. I can then advertise the larger prints right from the start.
Thoughts anyone?

Dan,

I have a great idea, sell me the 7900 for $1,000.00 CASH and buy the 9900  
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2009, 04:00:59 pm »


To any serious buyers the printer with all new 700ml carts is $5380.00  ($3,000 + $215 per cart.)
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2009, 06:30:15 pm »

The best solution might indeed be to sell your 7900 and buy a 9900 as a replacement.

But the true question is : does the fact that one person asked you for a 30x40 inches print justify the investment ? Is there a real sustained demand for prints that large ?
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2009, 06:48:42 pm »

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I purchased Epsons 7900 in Dec. and just love it. I do mostly canvas gallery wraps and have just opened our new gallery. My first customer came in yesterday and guess what she wants large gallery wraps for a club house project and she loved our work but wants 30 X 40 wraps. I figured this would be the issue once I saw that my largest wraps with the 24" printer are 20 X 32. Being this is a new business and we are in the country we will probably not be getting much foot  traffic. I have money put back for an FX Nikon but the better purchase might be the 9900. My biggest concern is to have 2 wide format printers and real low use here at the start.  At $2500 per 700ml inksets thats alot to keep 2 of these printers here until the business gets going. I am leaning towards ordering the 9900 today as the $500 rebate runs out today. I can then advertise the larger prints right from the start.
Thoughts anyone?

Epson runs deals all of the time. Don't let the $500 rebate make your decision.
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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2009, 07:03:02 pm »

Right now I do not really need 2 printers. I think it is best to wait and to see what the demand is for the larger work.  I am used to being pushed and felt if I got the larger printer it may make me work harder on marketing. (More pressure just what I need!)

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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2009, 08:19:17 pm »

This is precisely why I bought the 9900 in the first place... running 2 printers in your case doesn't seem to make a lot of sense indeed.

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« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2009, 05:17:24 pm »

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Right now I do not really need 2 printers. I think it is best to wait and to see what the demand is for the larger work. I am used to being pushed and felt if I got the larger printer it may make me work harder on marketing. (More pressure just what I need!)

First of all it depends on how large is your market to justify your investment.

If the demand is there, then there are other factors to consider:

Adding a 44” printer has the benefit of having a back up printer, and in case your 24” printer get problem you are not stocked.

In the meantime you are looking for a totally different ballgame when going for a 44” printer, especially when you are offering large size canvases.  

In this line of work you need to provide coating and stretching service as well. Are you going to do it yourself or are you sending it out?

For 24” printer you don’t need a large set up. You can roll-on the coating and stretch it yourself.
For larger sizes you will need spray booth or a reliable place doing it for you. Also stretching the larger size canvas needs more expertise and tools and is more complicated. Are you prepared for coating and stretching large sizes and offering ¾” and 1.5” stretchers? How about the packaging or delivery of large size canvas?

Any part of the job you send out may have other complications; Turn around time; quality of the work and the cost. And in some point you may prefer to do them yourself.

Adding a new 44’ printer will make sense when you have looked at the all other aspects of this line of work.

All the best

Avalan
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« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2009, 05:28:21 pm »

Well I do everything myself and have a 2000sq foot cabinetry shop,with attached spray booth. I have the 60" Gallery Stretcher machine as well. We make all of our frames in the shop. Thats the easy part. Having the clients to sell work to is another story. On the good side as far as capital investment is concerned $5,000 is a pretty minimal number.  we are in the process of renovating part of the shop for the canvas workshops we will be offering. Not sure what the demand will be but here on the eastcoast we have seen little or no canvas workshops. I will be ok with alternating the printers in the demonstration of printing canvas. Who knows,if the people startt signing up for workshops we will be more then glad we have 2 large printers to demo.
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« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2009, 05:46:50 pm »

Don't make capital investments until you are sure about market demand. The adage, "If I build it, they will come," is false when it comes to adding product lines that are not market tested. Although $5K isn't that much, it does represent a commitment in terms of time, space, ink, maintenance, marketing, overhead, stocking media, etc. I wouldn't make a purchase based on one customer commenting about buying something currently beyond my capability to produce. If ten customers inquired about that over a couple months, then I'd feel confident about proceeding with a capital investment such as buying a bigger printer and making a commitment marketing a new capability.

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