How does a Mutoh printer compare with a ColorSpan, Hewlett-Packard or Encad large format printer?
Although ColorSpan, Encad and Hewlett-Packard are the three traditional best-selling large format color inkjet printers for doing signs, posters, and banners, Mutoh is also an upcoming entity. Mutoh used to also be the manufacturing company for Epson, that means, Epson makes the print heads, Mutoh made the body. When you buy a Mutoh Falcon II (or Agfa GrandSherpa) then you get a sturdy Mutoh body (we presume Mutoh puts more money into its own Mutoh body). About a year ago it was rumored that Mutoh lost the contract to manufacture the Epsons but we have not yet heard confirmed statements of who the new manufacturer is (it was at one time rumored to be Mimaki, but none of this is certain). So when you buy a Mutoh, you get Epson printheads but with Mutoh software drivers and a Mutoh sheet metal frame. For years Mutoh sold well in Europe but poorly in America, a result of lack of strong reseller system in the USA. Now Mutoh seeks to sell directly, a tough assignment. Canon has found it dif
