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HOW? And isn't it amazing that people are hungry in America yet we can find $1B to fund a LOSING campaign!

We use a good outfit called Advantage Innovations. They've installed for us, coast to coast, from wall murals to locker wraps.

We now have a Summa T160 S2 vinyl cutter.

We do have a 100" Sabre. Was hoping to automate with the Colex.

I'd check your optimizer settings, which control how the ink adheres to the substrate. Maybe you're using too much or too little for this substrate. There are test plots that will show how each ink is performing, including optimizer.

When we bought this machine, we tried to set our default quality settings for estimating purposes. So we standardized at 6 pass for most things, increasing passes only when necessary. Now it seems like our standard has to be 10 pass or 12 pass to get acceptable quality even though we’re doing...

Old thread, but what ended up solving the problem?

Hi and thanks for the feedback. The colored vinyl is black, rather than orange, this time around. Since our vinyl is 48" wide, and our mask is 54" wide, i figured the best way to apply it consistently across the sheet is by using the laminator. We were considering a way to have the sheet contain...

This project has come back, and I'm still struggling with an order of 40 qty. Please evaluate my suggested workflow: We have a Summa S2 T160, and a Colex Sharpcut flatbed cutter. We have a 62” wide laminator available. We have repeat jobs for cut vinyl tailgate transfer decals. These are a URL...

What does the cutter manufacturer say? Colex provides a cutting speed/feed chart by material. It gives us at least a guideline.

Yes, the part in the photo, which is the large pulley and bearing, plus a fresh belt, is due to arrive today for install. Both are coming direct from Colex.

We had a drive pulley with bearings that were shot. Our machine is a 2015 model and was becoming inaccurate on some more intricate cuts. So check slack/play/give in the gantry on both sides to see if something's loose. At first I wanted to blame vacuum, then the camera, but I checked that...

Have you tried the bridge function? https://mecsoft.com/blog/bridges-tabs-explored/ OR https://www.colex.com/cut-center-8/ Automatic Bridges Bridges prevent falling out of milled parts. Parameters such as length, distance and number can be specified individually. With manual bridges, the...

For this same issue, I swapped curing modules and the problem followed. I replaced one curing module and the printer was back in business.

Legit question: if this is the mainstay of your business, why not develop the resources to do it in-house? Seems you're at the mercy of vendor quality and schedules if you farm out so much.

Have you tried rolling out media to see if curl is present in the roll itself?

We have decided to undersize it slightly, to avoid overspray on the belt. We're going with 47.5" on the ACM width by 72" in length.

We have a job for a MaxMetal ACM sign 48x72", but the media price difference between 60x120" sheets and 48x96" sheets is big. I prefer not to print to the edge and risk spraying onto the belt. Is anyone printing full bleed onto the belt on their R1000 or R2000? What challenges, issues or...

Thanks everyone. I wasn't even looking for this topic, but I learned something.

That's great feedback, because it's an expensive part. Our printer keeps asking for intermediate tanks and printheads. Another thread here pointed to a failing ink pump (ours is about 5 years old with daily use.) Is there a troubleshooting guide?