Roland puts it at roughly 50% faster. In practice four-colour mode reaches 242 ft²/h on vinyl and eight-colour work still runs 163.6 ft²/h, so both everyday and premium jobs move quicker.

Four colours suits high-volume everyday graphics. Eight colours adds light cyan, light magenta, orange and green for smoother gradations and a wider gamut. The seven-colour setup swaps in double white for clear and coloured media.

TR3 ink leaves out gamma-butyrolactone, a solvent that carries handling and shipping restrictions in some regions. It also runs denser than the previous generation, so colour holds better. Cartridges are paper-based.

Yes. Contour cutting is integrated, running 10 to 300 mm/s with 30 to 500 gf of blade force, and the machine also cuts perforated sheet separations so finished pieces break apart cleanly.

A single supply at 100–120 or 220–240 V a.c., 50/60 Hz, drawing 8.9 A or 4.5 A respectively. Expect roughly 1,180 W while running and about 50 W asleep.