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We get over 50 54x50yd rolls of vinyl between cutting strips on our FC9000. Maybe your guys were not using the channel to cut all the way through? We considered a Summa, but have a twenty something year old Graphtec that is incredibly durable - and the price was lower of course.

The FC9000 has a channel and a cutting strip - you manually change the blade to the one you are using.

On the Roland in VersaWorks you can do 1x ink, or 2x or 3x. 2x Doubles the amount of ink used... sometimes handy when printing on translucent vinyl. You can also print twice on clear, laminate one, and lay it over top of the other if it looks too pale when lit up. On your Epson, you likely have...

The disadvantage of Alumalite for this application is the corrugated centers - home potential for unwanted garden bugs - plus it is not much less expensive than regular solid core ACM. We use aluminum composite material a lot. I am not much of a fan of using 3mm on posts as strong winds can bend...

We did something similar printing on clear with optically clear lam. We designed in Flexi and I think we ended up using 2x ink (Roland EcoSolvent printer).

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We switched from Oralite5650RA to 3M 680CR for fire trucks and police vehicles - not inexpensive but better for wraps. For flat signs, we use Nikkalite. The Nikkalite is inexpensive and prints pretty well, but worst stuff to peel up ever.

If you are doing flat surface trailers, you could switch to OraCal 3551 Rapid Air and shave another $70 or more off per roll. Use the same Briteline Overlaminate as a premium overlaminate extends the UV life of 3551 (OraCal recommends 3551 with their 290 Cast laminate for box trucks and other...

I would recommend sticking with the factory brand inks. A lot of times aftermarket inks do not have the same quality, non-clogging flow. They can also mean a change in your color spectrum. We have been running our Roland (ecosolvent) on factory inks for 9 years without issue. We use factory inks...

We use a FluidColor R84 Turbo with Gen 6 Ricoh heads - a 4'x8' true flatbed printer. We arrange the signs in Flexi, send over a Jig with just a printed outline and then use that to align the blanks and then print with a second file of the actual signs laid out in the exact same pattern. The...

The pinch rollers on your Roland may need replacement. Also, you might need to adjust the offset for the vinyl (plus lam?) to get a better cut. But we went to a Graphtec FC series so our printers print and cutters cut... lol. The time wasted on cutting now means I have more time to print things...

You may have to rasterize it in your design software before sending over to your RIP software

We run a FluidColor UV Flatbed printer (HandTop Chinese printer is the base, some modifications by FluidColor) that uses Ricoh Gen 6 heads and can say they are the bomb! Great resolution and reliability, and easy to maintain. I understand that the Kyrocera heads are better if you are doing...

Why so small? You can likely find a old Gerber Edge which uses punched 15" rolls and prints up to 11.8". But price points on full size UV printers are pretty good - like the Mimaki UCJV300. It is available in 32", 42", 54", and 64" widths. Since the UCJV330 is now out, there are some decent...

I agree with DL Signs. Will Add that I would use a cast product for this due to weather and sunlight exposure. In Avery I would use MPI 1005 EZ (EZ is air release, I would not use the RS as that is wrap vinyl and will require post form heating) or Oracal/Orajet 3951 RA (Rapid Air release, not...

One last thought, if you decide to keep seams, make sure you lay the vinyl starting in the back and then the front so your seam edges are to the rear - wind and rain won't affect them when driving down the road.

You must run a knife down where the aluminum panels overlap and not bridge as it will spilt and raise. We size our print panels about an inch larger (or an inch on both sides if we have it) so the finished product has no seams. Since we set the panels up in Flexi, we can put two smaller panels...

We use SAi Flexi and set up the signs to fit within 4'x8'. We then copy that and delete everything but the outside shape of each sign and put a 0.01 stroke on them. Then we send over the jig file and the print file, print the jig right onto the flatbed, lay al the aluminum pieces inside of the...

We use a FluidColor UV ink flatbed and print aluminum all the time. Use a true flated but remember it can only print one thickness of material at a time (so all 063 or all 040, but no mixing of thicknesses in a single run as it sets one head height per run). We print a jig onto the bed and load...

I really like General Formulations GF830 and Arlon SLX Cast Wrap plus vinyls. Oracal 3951 with ProSlide is good as is 3M IJ180. The first two are the most affordable, the second two are good but more money.