Playing with INK DENSITY on Wooden Coasters | Roland BD-8 UV Printer

[@odettewatts2325]

Hiya I like your videos and is interested in the UV printer. Could you let me know whether I can print A4 size objects on this printer.

[@jend1714]

Hello Angela! Love your videos! Can you make a video doing a name on a small tumbler? I know you can’t use the rotary, but I wonder if you can just print on one side.

[@PrintBestie]

I will try this out!

[@야호-e5c]

Hello, I'm enjoying the video. Can I use it at home? I'm worried about the smell or noise.

[@PrintBestie]

Hi, I have mine in my home office. When the door is shut the noise is comparable to someone watching TV inside. When not in use there is no sound, only for a couple of minutes every 6-8 hours as it refreshes the heads automatically. As far as smell, as long as the unit is closed in printing there's not really a smell. I have vinyl rolls in this room and that smells a bit more noticeably than the UV printer.

[@heatherpeel8417]

Do you need to apply a seal coat on wooden coasters since there is no gloss option in the bd-8?

[@PrintBestie]

Hi there, the CMYK UV ink is water resistant so it isn't an issue on the coaster that I have

[@grantkang5872]

How did you solve the overspray issue on the sides of the product?

[@reytrinidad809]

She have another video explaining that

[@PrintBestie]

The overspray doesn't really happen when the object is not thick. This coaster is about a quarter inch thick. It mostly happens on taller objects. I hope that helps :)

[@SK-lx5iu]

What made you to purchase the flatbed printer? Do you think this printer prints out in high resolution? Have you try to print real life picture?

[@PrintBestie]

Hello! I printed some photos on acrylic for mother's day and they came out very nice quality. I'll try to make video on this.

[@GK14812]

How much time did it took to print?

[@PrintBestie]

Hi, it took 14 minutes to print a set of 2 on high quality mode

[@MartinCZK]

@@PrintBestie hi. Does it mean that it would take 7 mins if there was just one? Many thanks

[@ebabylopez]

I’m really considering getting this😅 your videos are the only ones I can find on it but have been really pushing me to just go for it. I run a sticker shop on ig & have been saving for over 6 months for a large format printer that I don’t have the room for 😆 But this could work and open up a whole other avenue for me. It’s very scary tho 😣

[@1swttl]

Roland sells a 20” print cut machine know as a VersaStudio BN2-20, $7,295 MSRP

[@ebabylopez]

@@1swttl Ty yesss I saw that too ive been looking around at lots . The ones that use uv ink on the Epson website really caught my eye 20k tho..go big or go home right 😆

[@1swttl]

@@ebabylopez Buy a Roland MO-240. I have an order in for one that is coming at the end of July....$35K MSRP. Max print size of 25.1" x 19.2" and up to 8" in height.

[@ebabylopez]

@@1swttl ooh congrats that’s sounds sooo nice and really expensive lol I’d have to save another year for that. I’ll definitely go check it out on the website . And dream about it

[@PrintBestie]

Thank you for watching! I started off with a sticker shop as well and UV was so intimidating at first. I kept asking a lot of questions because I was so nervous whether I could even understand it lol. There is learning curve for setting up the item in the printing bed but I had experience using a laser cutting machine which was similar. If you have many inquiries or customers who want this type of printing it might be worth getting - but definitely worth looking into more! :) I'm glad that this smaller UV printer is not very finicky I haven't had any headaches with it so far.