Once you get it up and running you will never look back. I bought mine used several years ago. I do sign a new premium plus contract every year. I think it cost about $100.00 additional per roll, maybe more on your machine. It covers the entire unit as long as you use only the contract film. I have an issue where I was loosing registration after 2 rolls of film. They took it back and fixed everything! All I paid was shipping. That was 2 or 3 years ago and it is tight as can be.