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Substance Pm-2755 with Laminate is what we use. Great Air Release film, for a really cheap price.

Substance 2755, 3755, or X1

We run 30” rolls of substance x1 everyday and have for years with no issues on our hp115. We currently run all of our stuff on a 3M profile on their media and have great results. I’m thinking it’s something printer related with the heat curing temp. That would be my first guess. Other than...

What’s the material, and what cure temp is it set to?

I would recommend Orafol 951 Clear with a Matte Laminate. Or another possible option would be Arlon Ever Etched with Flite technology. It’s a frosted glass film with air egress to help with install and should be fine on a vehicle.

With Flexi open, open a new window and navigate to your file you want to open. Click and drag the desired VE Lxi file into your Flexi software. Should paste the contents in with no issue.

I had this issue with eps files as well. Cutting paths twice when there was one cut line. It would do it on 90% of files. That was with the Flexi Rip. I Switched to onyx and the same files cut correctly with only one cut every time.

More than likely a curing problem, try it with a different profile or different curing temps and see if it still does it. Could be a bad roll, but I would think it’s a curing issue from what I see

It depends on what you’re trying to achieve. My Latex 115 prints amazing for most things. I run a lot of 3-4” stickers, some colors can have some light grain, some are super smooth. Printing environment, media, and settings will affect it too to some degree as well. I’ve never had anyone...

Haven’t tried gf830, but have done plenty of wraps with SLX+. Arlon SLX+ is closer to Avery 1105 in my opinion based on initial tack and stretchability. Requires a little more heat to conform than 1105 I feel like. Holds nicely in deep channels. It’s a Great choice for wrapping.

On all color change films you’ll have to check availability when working with the customer on what color they want. A lot of colors by a lot of manufacturers are hard to get right now and are hit or miss on being in stock.

I run a Latex 115, and as mentioned above, that is most likely a print head issue with the optimizer or other print heads. Also do a manual print head alignment, the auto alignment sucks on these machines in my opinion. You could also check to make sure the optimizer level is not set too high or...

You'll want to avoid wrapping the window trim most of the time. The vinyl will usually fail on anything that is rubber because it expands and contracts under heating and cooling. It also holds oils and other grime that will leach into it. Chrome trim is fine to wrap however.

Check your lighting, not saying this is your problem, but sometimes I'll have a gray that looks as if it has a pink hue, but after I take it outside it looks perfect. Just something to keep in mind as your lighting plays a role in how colors look.

This is what you need, 550LSE https://www.substanceincorporated.com/pdp.php?item=9