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  1. Holographic Vinyl Curling Upwards

    If the material is thin, another thing you can do is cut back your white ink coverage some. If you lay down white and cmyk in areas, that’s a lot of solvent and it will bite way too much into the material and make it do some weird things. Another thing you can do which kinda sucks is slow down...
  2. Flatbeds: CET Q5 vs ITI?

    I just read that Vanguard Bought ITI.... So I'm sure Dave can take care of you either way.
  3. Laminator suggestions and Laminating really thin films

    I am looking for help with choosing a laminator to laminate really thin 2 mil packaging film with Thermal 1.3 Mil OPP Laminate. We currently have an Orca 1 that has been a great laminator but its really long in the tooth and I'm looking for a new laminator with a good tension system in order to...
  4. Does Roll to Roll UV Printer Need Ionizer Bar?

    I have several flatbed printers and a dozen solvent roll to roll printer and am looking at a 10 foot UV Roll to Roll Printer. I have ionizer bars on all of my flatbeds to prevent static from messing up my Ink Flow. Does anyone know if its is just as important to add to an ionizer bar to a UV...
  5. Zund G3-L3200 vs Esko Kongsberg C24

    We are getting towards the end of our process of choosing a flatbed cutter. And we are stuck between 2 ( Zund G3 L-3200 and Esko Kongsberg C24) I would love to hear everyones perspective on both machines, both companies and just cost of ownership and reliability and support from both companies...
  6. Need Help HELP!!! Mimaki Rasterlink ignoring files in Hot Folder

    My old windows PC took a dump and I had to buy a new one. Im running Windows 10 Pro 32 Bit now and I updated my Rasterlink 5SG to version 4.70 which is their latest that is suppose to work with Windows 10. I also updated the printer driver to version 4.1.5. Now when i send files over the hot...
  7. What to Buy? What to Buy? Need advice and wisdom!

    Thankyou so much for the insight... The mimaki JFx200 is actually on top of my list of printers that I'm considering. The price point is good. My only hangup on that machine is the speed and not being able to upgrade it in the field like a CET printer. I do have a question for you as a tech...
  8. What to Buy? What to Buy? Need advice and wisdom!

    Sleepy Head....Its a great idea. But i paid well over my budget for the oce. I just can't afford another payment like that. Would love to be under 100k. And the oce 318gl doesnt do varnish. So i dont think its an option. I think they're 1200 series is quite a bit more expensive.
  9. What to Buy? What to Buy? Need advice and wisdom!

    LOL ... Ive got a Roland LEJ-640 that has hardly any miles on it that i would love to sale if anyone is interested. Its a toy compared to my oce.
  10. What to Buy? What to Buy? Need advice and wisdom!

    I haven't been on the forum in awhile but am starting my research again for the first time in 3 years. We've had an Oce 660GT Flatbed for almost 3 years now. Its been a great machine but now that we dont have a service contract, when we do need service we get pushed back to the end of the line...
  11. roland LEJ printing problem

    Hi Pete, Ive owned an LEJ since January of last year. Are you printing white underneath or just 4/Color straight on the board? Ive had this issue before when i printed on silver board when i was printing white ink and ran the color and the white in separate passes. My issue was the white wasnt...
  12. CET Flatbed Printer Electrical Issues

    So Aaron, what was the proposal from Dave? Enquiring minds want to know.
  13. CET vs. Oce

    I really wanted to give CET a chance. I traveled a few hours away and looked at it. The quality was good. The thing I heard from a few of the end users that I talked to was they had quite a few mechanical problems with their printers.. They seemed happy with how CET responded to their problems...
  14. CET vs. Oce

    Shout out to My new friend Rob Redick with Double Wide Decor. Thank you for allowing me to come to your shop and really get an up close and personal look at the CET 500Q. Impressive print quality and speed. Great job with your profiles. It was really nice to get the end user perspective without...
  15. Mimaki JV33-160 Strange Diagonal Print Problem

    You're welcome, glad I could help..
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