Bowing/ Smiling In Print l25500

[ProWraps]

yikes. there goes my ambition to purchase two of these in the next month. just had the print room wired with the 220 lines. ugh.

 

[SqueeGee]

Is that High Intensity Prismatic sheeting that you printed the HC signs on?

 

[Tony Teveris]

Guess, Guess and more guessing - what does HP say the problem is, has any one ask them?

 

[jasonx]

The issue is the heat. The heat is warping your media.

There can't be 100% accurate heat settings for everyone's printer. Ambient heat temperature will affect your settings just like in a perfect world each profile should be calibrated for each individual printer.

 

[HulkSmash]

yikes. there goes my ambition to purchase two of these in the next month. just had the print room wired with the 220 lines. ugh.

Don't let that discourage you...
This machine has a learning curve...We print on EVERYTHING. And dont have any issues. I can tell you right now.. most issues are user error. You have to understand the temp. and how to set it. It's simple....

 

[HulkSmash]

If you want the Smiling to stop.... Turn down your curing temp. It's bunching as it comes into the print area, and it's cause because of high temps. It has nothing to do with drying temp. I can't tell you exactly what to turn it down to...every material is different, but you need to take an after noon.. take your 10 most used materials and find out which works best for what. The only time ive ever had to tweek temps is for perf, and translucent...as i said.. it's a learning curve.. but once you get it down, it's a sweet printer.

 

[HulkSmash]

and make sure there's tension on banners.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Is that High Intensity Prismatic sheeting that you printed the HC signs on?

It's not High Intensity, It's 3M 3430 EGP.

 

[Typestries]

Odd, we don't have that problem at all. Just about 12 months on the machine. 100k sq ft printed. Print 4 things primarily on that machine, 3651, 180c and jetflex. We're thrilled with it, and ready to add another one.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

If it's heat and you say it's the curing temp. How can I lower my temps all the way till the print is still wet when it comes out of the machine and I still have the bow. Does anyone print on 3M IJ35C. If so what is your dry and cure temp.

 

[P Wagner]

If it's heat and you say it's the curing temp. How can I lower my temps all the way till the print is still wet when it comes out of the machine and I still have the bow. Does anyone print on 3M IJ35C. If so what is your dry and cure temp.

We run the 3M IJ35C-20 film at 220 degrees on the curing heater (using a custom profile built in Onyx and Caldera).

 

[Dave Rowland]

did you just say 220deg celcius? my cooking oven runs at that.

 

[ProWraps]

hes from CA. i doubt hes talking in celcius. us yanks dont use the good ole kings units of measurements.

 

[signswi]

Actually we do it's everyone else that doesn't. The USA is mostly Imperial measures which is ridiculous really.

 

[ProWraps]

yeah thats what i meant. we dont use those damn funny metric number things. just cracked my rockstar. i got a good hour before i know whats up and/or down.

 

[HulkSmash]

yeah thats what i meant. we dont use those damn funny metric number things. just cracked my rockstar. i got a good hour before i know whats up and/or down.

Energy drinks taste like AIDs.

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

Energy drinks taste like AIDs.

hahahhaha he said AIDs

 

[Bly]

how does he know what aids tastes like??

 

[BIG EASY DOES IT]

That's like asking how do you know what sh** tastes like. You don't know you just know you don't want that sh**!!!

 

[HulkSmash]

how does he know what aids tastes like??

well, this one time...