Posted December 18, 2019
Rather than accept a PR release from a manufacturer, the more realistic way to know whether a product is good, or not, is to make the effort to do a print test (preferably with your own files).
So at PRINTING United 2019 and also at SGIA 2018 we did test prints on a Konica Minolta Accurio Wide 200 printer (with transport-belt for roll-to-roll; can also do thick and rigid materials).
I must admit I learned a lot about these printers during this process. This is why, for over 20 years, my evaluation style is not to write about a product we have not seen in-person.
So here are two different FLAAR-REPORTS, each showing all the print results, analyzed in our office by Dr Nicholas (Hellmuth) and Jose Melgar (UV-curing printer Review Editor). After the prints are done at the expos, I fly them back to the office. After we study them, we donate the prints to local schools in rural areas of Guatemala, to national parks in the jungle areas of Central America, and to non-profit organizations.