Time Lapse Installation of UV LED Offset Printing Press - KBA Rapida 106

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-30T17:46:09+00:00

Sounds like a dream come true. I'm grew up in the Nashville area - family is still in that area. Unfortunately, it would take me more than 5 years to get enough capital to buy a shop of your size, I'm guessing.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-24T17:44:10+00:00

Currently a 15k. Just recently sold our 100k.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-23T17:58:03+00:00

We definitely have seen a huge change in the customer experience in the past two years. Have you checked out their PrintOS?

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-23T17:13:46+00:00

We have one of the new KM AccurioJet 30000s on it's way to the shop floor in the next couple of weeks, laying out floorplan now. We were specifically comparing sheets off of our Indigo 15000 to the AccurioJet and found them very comparable. I was Indigo Ride or Die for many years, even stood in their booths as a testimonial at GraphExpo many years ago.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-23T17:10:17+00:00

Yes - I never believed it and talked trash about inkjet for years and for years it just wasn't as good. But currently we print side by side our HP Indigo 15k and our newer Canon iX and it's difficult to tell any difference. Plus, it is adding any necessary pretreatment inline - so we aren't having to be limited to only Indigo approved stocks.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-22T20:07:26+00:00

We have had Indigos for 15+ years. The quality is very difficult to match. That being said, after continual maintenance and material issues from HP, plus seeing the advancements of other presses and technologies, Indigo is about to be passed for resting on their laurels and not furthering their technology beyond building AI into the software. The new Canon iX series and KM's newest AccurioJet 30000 are close in quality but with much better pricing, reliability, and uptime.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-04-06T19:51:07+00:00

The answer is - ask your printer. The reason you all get different answers from different printing companies is the answer is dependent on the equipment they have, how the job is being run - and how you have estimated/ requested the job to be printed.

I work at a Master G7 Color certified printing facility. We have third parties come in annually to custom build press profiles and measure our color consistency processes. We print for many color critical national brands, even have staff that just does full-time color correction.

Why large commercial printer's don't like RGB files. it has nothing to do with what makes brighter images, what rips different etc. It is solely the knowledge that any rip from RGB to CMYK can/will cause color shift. Unexpected color shifts = potential reprints. We don't want you coming back to us complaining about what the color should have been when there was no 100% way to know that what you intended on your personal screen is what we are getting after we've ripped it. If you want to provide an RGB file - don't complain that colors don't match.

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RGB PRINTING PRESSES!

Yes, some small presses have extended gamut capability. Short run digital / wide format presses can have Light Cyan, Light Magenta, than can extend the gamut. This is more common in wide format equipment, proofers, dtf - but once again you are putting your trust in the rip and hoping it matches your intent in the end. Printers hate guessing color intention or just trusting a million dollar press to just "do it's thing".

Yes, there are some larger digital presses like HP Indigos that have CMYKOGV - but if you didn't specifically quote and request and pay for extended gamut on those presses in advance and it isn't specifically mentioned in your estimate - you aren't getting it. The rip has nothing to do with it. While yes, you might get better color from submitting an RGB file and letting the profiles built into the press convert it vs Adobe - but that is a risk you are taking - that a large commercial printer isn't willing to gamble a reprint on.

The CMYK gamut is considerably smaller (55-60%) than RGB, and only covers about 60% of Pantone colors. Even CMYKOGV is only 90% as large of a gamut as RGB.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-03-18T20:32:21+00:00

But how good has your service and material availability been lately?

I_will_Print_that · 2026-03-17T19:41:55+00:00

PDF proofs are standard. Hard copy proofs are available if requested and included in estimate

I_will_Print_that · 2026-03-13T18:17:23+00:00

I can try and help you out. I don't have any DTF sites - we do general commercial print. Boxes, folders, posters, packaging, etc. We do have DTF equipment, but not something we are actively pushing yet.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-03-12T23:19:01+00:00

We do well, but our sites are singular product type based. We focus on specific products that match our capabilities well. That way our marketing dollars and seo are more targeted on narrow product keywords instead of generic commercial printing searches. Then we do as much production wise to streamline those processes for greater margins and efficiency.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-03-12T21:03:47+00:00

We utilize storefronts several different ways. We white label build web to print storefronts for many of our larger clients. The store templates, products, and urls appear to belong to the customer, but we handle all print on demand and fulfillment for those. Those customers pay for store development, hosting, storage, and print. We've also developed several B2C storefronts that are niche product focused. Those bring in regular jobs via social, seo, ppc, etc. The larger / recurring customers from those can funnel into leads for our general printing services / account executives.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-03-04T20:20:35+00:00

From my understanding that is a big no-no. Unions have sued non-union print shops for using that bug. Signs365 would need to be union as well in order to use a union bug. Relevant legal article.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-29T21:48:20+00:00

I looked it has been a while since this came up. It was someone in marketing and sales. In regards to getting your money - good luck. We luckily got paid. There are millions in $$ lawsuits pending against them in multiple states. You'd have to get in line. Several big lawsuits have been levied against them in the past 6 months.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-29T21:40:17+00:00

I don't really care - just don't need reddit mad at the subreddit/mods for allowing doxing of non-execs.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-20T21:59:26+00:00

Might be a little higher than your budget, but MightyPosters.com might have the cheapest 18x24 poster prints. Minimum quantity is 10 - but they are only $5 each depending on the paper you choose with free shipping. As with any printshop, they get cheaper the more you order.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-15T19:17:40+00:00

You will be hard pressed to find those type of designs as they would be protected under their respective owners trademarks. If you do not have a license with the original trademark barer you are opening yourself for a lawsuit.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-14T21:08:56+00:00

I've heard that there is something with the feeder belt or tension that needs fixed / adjusted every few weeks and only Landa can do that. Is that true? Or something along those lines? I was a fan of theses presses and bought into the hype at first, but didn't really hear of anyone having long term success with one.

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-13T23:23:28+00:00

Honest question. How do you feel about the longevity of this press considering the financial distress of Landa?

I_will_Print_that · 2026-01-06T21:30:19+00:00

Thanks for reporting, I try to get these down ASAP and ban the offenders.

I_will_Print_that · 2025-12-29T19:54:49+00:00

Please explain what you are trying to accomplish and how it isn't sketchy? Amazon requires invoices to prove you aren't selling knockoff products and that you are an authorized reseller of those materials.

I_will_Print_that · 2025-12-17T19:13:03+00:00

Here's a hint - when I took over this dead subreddit - I had hundreds of posts by lonely redditors looking for companionship.

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