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  1. Need Help Laminated stickers peeled and warped/shriked

    I can't quite make out the middle parts of your sticker....but usually when the top and bottom of a print are peeling but not the sides then it can be a result of too much tension on the laminator. The sides of the stickers look well adhered. We're the stickers laying flat before installation...
  2. What Overlaminate would work best for this project

    You don't need a technical laminate for that job. Just a solid polymeric calendared. We've got a great 5 year (much longer indoors) laminate in matte, luster, and gloss. 54"x150' rolls are $260.87 and coated for us by Drytac in Toronto. Great film. We mostly stock the matte finish so it...
  3. Alpha Paper cockling in HP 315 no matter what I try

    we stock in Cleveland...it would be a 2 day ship point
  4. Alpha Paper cockling in HP 315 no matter what I try

    I sell at ton of Synaps...I believe we are the largest distributor of Synaps rolls in the country. The product has built in profiles available right on the printer. It is slow due to the heat, though. What I've found is you need to use papers which have some aspects of latex saturation...
  5. Wall mural on tile - wall of pain?

    I'd recommend a thick product like Walk&Wall which you could 'bridge' the grout lines and make the wall look pretty flat/smooth again. It would reduce your installation time by a ton. Low glare surface looks really good as well. If you provide a UPS or FedEx number I can get you a small test...
  6. Canon Colorado M Series.

    Here it is: https://csa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/csa/support/large-format-color-profiles You have to select the M series and which RIP you are using and then you'll see the three Lintec profiles I had them approve and build.
  7. Windshield graphic

    how long do you want it to last? Do you want it to be permanent or removable?
  8. Need Help Any Suggestions on Laminators

    I'll say one more thing....the only real innovation in laminating in the last 20 years has come from Kala. They have the only system which self-levels the nip. You can run 150 feet of laminate perfectly straight...the take-up looks like a factory-cut roll. If you notice the material is...
  9. Need Help Any Suggestions on Laminators

    Do yourself a favor and spend the money on a good laminator. Nothing other than Kala or Seal should be considered. I've sold thousands of laminators in my career and the vast majority of them are still running everyday, all day. Nobody wants to spend $10K-$16K on a laminator but when you...
  10. New printer recommendations

    I'm always happy to send you a quote for a Colorado. Very consistent color and incredibly smooth white ink.
  11. Sticker media supplier in the PNW?

    Sonoma Graphics is solid. Locations in Seattle and Portland.
  12. Looking for CET printer experience/feedback

    The Roland is a great device, but holy slow. We've sold many of them but usually to in-house corporate shops who want to make mock-ups of boxes/packaging/proofs etc. The good news is that the Handtop units are pretty easy to fix and a lot of the parts are designed for snap-in-snap-out...
  13. Looking for CET printer experience/feedback

    I used to distribute the CET machines.....the service aspect lacks quite a bit. While I haven't distributed their printers in a few years, one of the main reasons we stopped was due to turnover and inconsistencies in their service people and ability to get parts. We moved over to Fluid Color...
  14. ISO 60in inexpensive bond paper with 3in core

    I've got a great paper....prints solvent, latex, and UV. Dries instantly. Comes in 63"x164 for $187 and 54"x164' for $159.56.
  15. Royal Sovereign closes doors.

    this is a good thing for the industry. Their equipment was never meant for wide format...it was better suited for high speed thermal laminating. One less potential bad investment for people in the wide format industry.
  16. Roland uv printers

    They are very nice but quite slow. I sell the Roland and other UV printers....there's not much negative aspects to the Roland equipment (including their amazing support). for around the same dollars, you can get more upgradeable and faster equipment from Fluid Color out of Cincinnati. If you...
  17. Canon Colorado M Series.

    I had Lintec tested, approved, and the profiles are available on the media profile manager from Canon.
  18. ESL3 Cleaning Cartridges?

    I've got them in stock in both Roland and non-Roland brands. https://hascographics.com/ink/roland-ink/ecosol-max-inks/ecosol-max-440ml/roland-ecosol-max-cleaning-solution-cartridge-220ml/
  19. Blockout vinyl?

    The 6mil can run latex. The new 2mil cannot.
  20. Encapsulating Hot Lamination - Problems

    You are going down the right path. Either run the same temp but faster or reduce the temp and run the same temperature. Use the chill bar regardless....it helps to keep tension on the film as it cools down, too. It's just a heat-sink.
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