High end A4 printer

Some help appreciated here.
I am looking to buy an inkjet printer for small commercial runs of labels.
It only has to be A4 size. We are a commercial label printer and have the
chemically treated stocks suitable for inkjet machines. (The coating makes
dye inks waterproof). However, I am looking at 4800 dpi or better, I need a
machine that is reasonably quick, I prefer solvent inks so I can print
synthetic stocks. I prefer separate ink cartridges. Six colour is better
than CMYK and the I don't want to pay exhorbatant prices for replacement ink
cartridges and print heads. Is there such a beast available?
Steve W (in Aus)

I can't think of any of the typical consumer machine companies that
makes such a machine (by which I mean Epson, Canon, Lexmark and HP
(unless HP has something from a special division).

None of them use solvent inks.

Also, they all charge a small fortune for OEM ink cartridge replacements.

You may wish to look at some of the Flaar reports on solvent inkjet
printers which are available via the URL below:

http://www.wide-format-printers.org/...r_reports.php3

I'm not sure you'll find many small sized printers in this category,
however.

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Steve/Aus wrote:
>
> Some help appreciated here.
> I am looking to buy an inkjet printer for small commercial runs of
> labels. It only has to be A4 size. We are a commercial label printer and
> have the chemically treated stocks suitable for inkjet machines. (The
> coating makes dye inks waterproof). However, I am looking at 4800 dpi or
> better, I need a machine that is reasonably quick, I prefer solvent inks
> so I can print synthetic stocks. I prefer separate ink cartridges. Six
> colour is better than CMYK and the I don't want to pay exhorbatant
> prices for replacement ink cartridges and print heads. Is there such a
> beast available?
> Steve W (in Aus)

> I am looking to buy an inkjet printer for small commercial runs of labels.

How many (equivalent to) A4 pages each month? I suppose in most cases full
of color, am i right?

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