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Here is what I found out so far. The CJ is an inkjet that uses pigment or dye inks. It is a 6 channel printer and prints up to 1440dpi. The pigment ink is good for indoor use but needs a UV protectant for outdoor use.
I think its one of the older rolands.. They used to have one at my betters halfs old job.. they are great for indoor signage but are not colorfast outside. so it would be great for things like trade show displays or indoor signage.. and not recomended for outdoor signage..
which would let out things like printed stickers.. etc
Here is an update. I just happened to get an ad from a local Roland dealer so I called them up and chatted for about an hour with them on this very printer. It does have a conversion kit for solvent inks that runs about $3K installed. The CJ was a good price but I was skeptical about the ability to do outdoor types of things so we passed on this one. So, it would have cost me about $9K to get it in order to run, a good bargain considering they run over $20K new but just not exactly what I wanted.
As far as the other one I planned on getting, the pc-600, the guy selling it stalled me for about a month. I decided not to buy it from him since he turned out to be a flake so here so I am back to square 1.
I will probably go out to our local vendor and see about a refurb. unit of the newer models to see if I can get a deal.
Need opinions on Roland CJ-500 
