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I have an HP365 Latex printer. We are using a 30" 3M window perf. We loaded it just fine, the printer knows it's 30". I am using a High Saturation profile. When it prints, it's printing as if the substrate is centered in the middle of the printer, not aligned to the right. So it's only partially...

Hi all, i have an HP365, and am fairly new at this. We work with emergency vehicle graphics and are trying to print equivalent shades of 3Ms 680. If we print black on the IJ680-10 will it have any reflectivity? Has anyone been able to reproduce 3M 680 Ruby Red or their 680 Orange? And if not...

Hi, we just got these two items. How the heck do you get a new roll and loaded to the core without a bunch of crinkling and sticking to itself? We've tried taping the liner to the core, and pulling the laminate down but we can't get the liner to stick to the core (with tape). Help!!

I know it's not officially guaranteed by 3M but wondered if anyone tried it. Thanks.

Are there standard CMYK colors for printed fluorescent yellow-lime and red chevron striping used on the rear of emergency vehicles? Thanks Melissa

We are getting this a lot as well. We produce ambulances so we often powder coat paint the chrome areas rather than wrap them. But it's definitely a trend!

Yikes, sorry, not the Diamondgrade; it's for the translucent overlay we use over top for the chevron striping. It's 3M Scotchlite Transparent. Regardless, has anyone used both and how do they differ? Thanks.

Our installers currently use Rapid Tac for installation of 3M Diamondgrade Conspicuity on emergency vehicles. We had a guy come in to do a partial wrap on a vehicle (3M 1080) and he was using Texat. Can anyone tell me the difference and give me your opinion? Thanks!

Cool, I hadn't heard of this. I usually set up PSD at 100% scale and final dpi, place the original and save. It will be blurry but not pixelated. This particular image is kind of abstract so I think it will be okay even if a blurry.

Thank you, all! The customer is providing the image and I have not seen the quality or resolution yet. I will forward these instruction on to them and check the image when I see it. Thanks!!

We typically deal with vector art but our customer has a large photo image (say 3.5 feet x 3.5 ft) they want to use. What dpi/resolution is appropriate?

Yeesh, good to know.

Thank you for your feedback. We do have a dealer and are at the very end of finalizing the deal. Our owner had spoken with a print shop associate who brought up some points and so she had me do some more due diligence. The print guy did all kinds of jobs, whereas ours are very specific, same...

Do any of you have any issues with the alignment on the HP 365 when loading a new roll? My understanding is that if it is off, the printer will send out a message...is this true? Thanks!

Hi, how important and helpful is the built in spectrophotometer on the 365? Can the color matching still be done without it, or is it just more difficult? Thanks.

We are an in house graphics dept. for EMS vehicles. We are comparing these two printers and would like your feedback. The main advantage of the 560 is the self-aligning function. We will be using 48" 3M IJ680CR vinyl almost exclusively so our roll will not be changed out frequently. Our runs...

Not at all. Our company has been doing the graphics for years but we do need to upgrade our equipment in order to continue to provide the best product we can for our customers. I expected that this would be a friendly forum to get some honest advice on a good fit. We aren't a graphics company...

I work for an ambulance manufacturer. We mostly cut vinyl but we do have a 10 year old Summa DC4sx printer that desperately needs replacing. I believe it was around $9-12K when purchased and would say we have about $15k to spend. This printer is suuuuuuper slow and cranky as an old man yelling...

We build ambulances and provide the graphics. We base our quotes on the material with 40% markup (if we cut 30" vinyl, we charge them per sf including waste), plus $100/hr labor. If it's a big job, we include 2 hours of built in labor for design, printing, cutting and weeding.