Recent content by truckgraphics

We've moved couple of Rolands. An SP and a VS. We locked the head with the little blue plate. I don't remember the procedure. But in both cases, the printers, for whatever reason, didn't work very well for the first several prints. My advice, if you experience the same thing, is don't panic...

They own the wrap or decals that you put on the vehicle after they paid for it. That's it. In my opinion, you should spell it out. Unless you made a previous agreement and/or they paid extra for it, you own the wrap design and the digital design panels that you used to run your printer. It...

The really silly answer is don't laminate longer than eight...or 10 feet. We laminate off of a table, as it appears you are doing. What we have found is that if you go longer than 10 feet and are even slightly crooked, the weight of the material pulls on the laminate and bad things happen. Our...

It's strange your USTech won't laminate the 30" vinyl. Our 54" USTech won't do anything past 30" without bubbles, so we keep it loaded only for the shorter rolls. If I'm not mistaken, this was a common problem... My rambling aside, we replaced the USTech with a 60" Dmais about three years ago...

We just put some lettering on an older painted wood truck rear door - some of which is curling. Plan is to smooth it down and spray clear lacquer over the lettering - which has worked in the past.

You might need a firmware update. I think that means an update to the machine, but it could be to Versaworks as we have done both. Forgive me for being a bit vague. We had this problem several years ago and our local tech pointed us to the Roland website. If I were to hazard the cause of the...

Looks like it's in the print to me too. Looks fine, but then if it's supposed to be jet black, it doesn't. I'd find out.

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I'm going to disagree. Other than soaking the head to see if it cleans up, I wouldn't even think of a head replacement with that degree of wear - assuming your prints still look good. Blacks always degrade first and that doesn't look too bad. Just adjust your print profile to compensate and you...

I suggest changing the print profile. We also have a VS-540. Print heads wear so you often need to compensate in our experience.

It looks like your problem has more to do with the fact that it is mounted on glass, than with the material. Glass is a problem. Stickers/Decals often don't last a long time on glass. We always warn the customer that stickers on glass probably won't last as long as decals on painted metal...

Congratulations for expanding your knowledge you've gained making your own signs and wraps into the commercial world. When I started this business, I had even less knowledge of sign making. But there were at the time a lot of trucks without any signage in our area and the machinery to make...

It sounds like your problem is that the printed media won't stick to the backing so when you weed it, the letters go a walking in all directions. If this is the case, what you need is a stickier media along with a thinner overlaminate. If durability is an issue, go with a sticky cast like 3M...

Walk away. You did your job.

If you haven't stopped already, my advice is just stop. Cover or re-paint the problem and come up with a new solution. The paint is going to come off the wall and pull the drywall. It's going to be a disaster. Phototex might be a solution or even Oracal 631 (I have a test wall of printed 631...