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  1. My flatbed is to slow, so looking for tips on screen printing coroplast campaign signs with uv ink

    THIS is me too. Screen printer for 39 years, started manual, now ATMA 6x4 ft three fourth automatic. It is no Photoshop+digital printer, takes years to master: Skill starts from designing till stacking the dried sheets. Garbage in, garbage out. It is for hardworker, die-hard's. BUT you can...
  2. Need Help Stupid and Expensive mistake

    Why don't you contact any or all of those used FB dealers here at this forum itself, to straighten out your problem. All these FB machines are broadly alike, though diff. brands and no brand. Find a mechanic/ Service engineer, who can help you, on payment. Better begging with a local Sevice...
  3. Need Help Which large format UV Flatbed for preprinted thermoforming, please?

    Hi all, New, from India with request for help. Am into large format graphic Screen printing and digital vinyl printing. Request your comments on pre-printed, thermoformed outdoor signs, market and possibilities. When thinking green, a shift is must, from temporary signs to lasting signs and...
  4. Need Help Converting Epson 9900 to Sublimation printer. Pros and cons, please...

    Hi all, I have an Epson Stylus Pro 9900, 44inch wide Printer. I dont have much of color printing. A Sublimation marketing firm advised me to start Sub. printing using the same machine. He advised to bifurcate the 11 channels to 4+4 Sublimation, rest 3 are dedicated to Black ink, to print film...
  5. Need Help 5 year outdoor digital inks available ?

    Thickness of ink makes the difference, I assume. Can we increase ink thickness on a Roland ? Thanks...
  6. Need Help 5 year outdoor digital inks available ?

    Plotter vinyl: 1. There will be CMYK images involved. 2. Lamination: I am planning to print 2nd surface of 2mm and 2.8mm clear sheet, and a white coat to finish, so as it make the effect of a 2mm thick lamination effect. Isn't it enough?. But this is in the case of screen printing. Is this 2nd...
  7. Need Help 5 year outdoor digital inks available ?

    A digital ink at outdoor for 5+years and still standing ? ! Which brand of ink and Printer, please ? And what kind of lam: normal thin film or something extra ordinary? My place in Southern India, which is too sunny, and pretty much hot too comparing to Pennsylvania :rolleyes:
  8. School Me On DX Printheads...DX4, DX5, DX6, DX7....

    Thank you Player... I need a Flatbed Printer for printing on 8x4 ft 3mm Acrylic /PETG, CAB etc.(to be Vacuum-formed after printing for outdoor signs). At least initially I dont expect huge volumes to go for a latest, high-cost highspeed printer at a big budget. 1. Which is a VFM...
  9. Need Help 5 year outdoor digital inks available ?

    I am a large format graphic screen and digital printer proposing to make large printed, Vacuum-formed signboards, framed, with LED back-lighting. I can screenprint smaller sizes with 3 year and 5 year outdoor life; solvent and UV inks, but when it comes to 8x4 feet or bigger sizes, I have no...
  10. School Me On DX Printheads...DX4, DX5, DX6, DX7....

    Hello Admins, Can I reopen this old but very relevant thread, or start a new one, please?
  11. Question Wide Format Sublimation Printers

    How good is Sublimation for Vacuum-thermoformed sign substrates as in samples attached, please ?
  12. Suggestions Sublimation or Digital printing for sign face for thermoforming?

    Hi all, How practical, successful is sublimation on plastics like Acrylic, PETg, in large sizes like 3x2 feet, or 8x4 ft. with thickness of 2.5mm ? Also possibly on moulded surfaces, to make outdoor sign fascia ? I have two choices: 1. Direct digital printing using a flatbed printer and then...
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