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Chances are it's a bad head...they are unpredictable. I've had a single head last years and I've had them last 6 months under the same conditions. We literally never had true head strikes, sometimes a scuff but never a true strike...but the scuffs are sometimes worse. A scuff will drag partially...

track and printed coroplast inserts

A is called the "lay flat" size and is one standard for labeling the size of a pole pocket....I've also seen them labeled based on the diameter of the pole i.e. if you have a 2" pole then your banner has a 2" pole pocket which in fact is a larger "lay flat" size than 2". I tend to use the lay...

Can they get it elsewhere for the price/quality they want? If yes then it's your call if you want to race to the bottom with your competitor or if you want to let the job go. If no then lower your price a very small amount to show them you are willing to work with them but that $175 less your...

Makes complete sense, and I love Summa machines and their customer service. It's by far the best plotter I've ever worked with, and there's no machine out there that is ideal for every application. I didn't buy it to do what this post discusses but I'm always pushing and exploring the equipment...

Thanks 2CT. But a Summa still won't be able to read that unattended....we can get it to print the way we want exactly as you describe or via settings in ONYX RIP that's the easy part, but when it comes to the plotter it will read each vertical column and then you'll have to go back and set it to...

I don't know about anybody else but I'm no good for an 18 hour day every day lol. Maybe once in awhile under a pinch but not year round, year after year! Cheers to all and good weekend to all!

Lol not resitant at all and yup that's exactly what I already said in my previous post. I'm being a little misunderstood here lol....I gang up jobs under single sets of registration marks all the time, actually for every single job other than magnet lol (also mentioned in my previous posts), I...

Yes agreed, forget my magnet BS, this should be a standard feature of any plotter. I use ONYX not Flexi but it's simply a lack of software setting to set the direction to look for the next set of marks. For example in Mimaki FineCut you can set it to look left until it reaches the end, then look...

Completely agreed flatbed cutter is ideal tool for magnets and other similar stuff, mentioned that multiple times here. But also other roll feds are capable of left/right registration mark reading. And I love the Summa to no end because it works great for the real work, not missing much on the...

Direct printing magnetic on FB550 w/ Summa barcode, Master Magnetics 15mil thin force. The registration marks are centered to the roll within 3/32". The issue happens because there is drag created every Y movement the plotter makes, and so AFTER it's read the regi marks the first one out of the...

Yup using all the whistles...aluminum nose for thick magnetic, machine is rated for 15mil and I'm using 15mil. Even keeping the magnetic spaced off the platen on the front/back with PVC two sided taped onto it...this prevents the magnet from sticking to the ferrous components causing less drag...

For my concerns it's more for magnetic, i'm not having any trouble with large runs of small decals. With decals I can batch up 100s or more depending on size with the same 1/32" tolerance of which I'm very happy with. I was only including the decals in my explanation in consideration of the...

This works 99.9% of the time but on those jobs that need absolute perfect registration, such as decals with very thin borders, or magnetic, it's not a viable solution. As I mentioned earlier we are pushing the equipment to it's limits so I completely understand that the answer is either a...

I have no doubt it's possible in a pinch, but is it industry standard? or just physically possible? Is this common? Are a lot of people seeing this pace of install? Do guys burn out after doing it 40-60 hours a week year after year? Not trying to sound like I'm mocking anybody, I've just never...

Thanks Frank, but then you would have to trim out each set and rotate them on the plotter, which essentially the same thing as printing a bunch of vertical columns and having the SUMMA read/cut each vertical column and then manually rewind to the next of the vertical columns and repeat. It's...

Has anyone else on here seen (2.5) 53' trailers get done in a long day? That's insanely fast! I've never even heard of something like that getting done that quickly, seems physically impossible for a 2 person team. We run a 24' box truck in 2-3 days, one guy no assistance, no cab. Or we do 53'...

Plus one to this question...I love my Summa and barcode work flow but the answer to this exact question has eluded me! I've talked to the Summa guys in 2018 at ISA Orlando and they told me it wasn't possible but to check with my RIP software guys...which is ONYX for me. ONYX told me to talk to...

As Dan mentioned the lam is bonded to the substrate and it will just curl it off the wall when it shrinks...answer is use adhesive fabric with no lam, cast/cast vinyl lam combo, OR high tack vinyl with calendar lam...high tack is only an option if it’s permanent, it damages the wall upon removal...

I hear ya both Gino and Johnny and I outsource all kinds of things but banners don’t fit into that category for me. Maybe I’m old fashioned but in my opinion the barrier to entry for in house barrier production is low enough that it’s not worth outsourcing... I try to do as much in house as is...