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Yep, I had no idea I was getting regular cut vinyl, but like you said that explains the splices and contamination. The problem is, I'm set up to run 30". It works great for me, and would be a huge ordeal to change. So at this point I guess my only option is to keep running the regular 680 and...

So I found out something interesting today. My Grimco Rep told me that I'm getting splices in my 680CR because I'm not getting IJ680CR, it's just 680CR which is classified as cut vinyl. I asked why I've been getting the non printable version when I specifically asked for 680CR to be printed on...

Nope, this was a brand new roll just delivered from Grimco. That's interesting, I'll ask my rep about it Monday. I go through a lot of 680, and this is only the second roll I've ever gotten with a splice. It's aggravating, if I wasn't normally on such tight deadlines I would send spliced rolls back.

I used 2/3 of a roll of 680CR today, and I noticed there was what appeared to be dirt on the vinyl as it was coming into the printer on the last print of the day. I only saw it in one spot so I went ahead and laminated, but then I noticed it's all the way across the width of the vinyl in this...

I know there are a lot of Graphtec fans out there, which is why I bought the one I have. On plain non reflective vinyl, it usually does ok. But on reflective... it's a complete nightmare. Sometimes it reads all the marks fine and then proceeds to screw up the cut, and sometimes it won't even...

The brown truck dropped off my new to me Summa D75R today. I bought it from a Signs101 member, he was great to work with and shipped it quickly. UPS was not kind to this thing, the box looked like it had been ran over by a bulldozer, but luckily there was very little damage to the cutter, all...

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Yep, that would be the one! It works on almost everything. It doesn't like some cheap reflectives though, it turns them into goo.

I do a lot of reflective removal off of fire trucks. It normally goes pretty much how Pat described it above. But, my approach is a Red Tred wheel in a 7" variable speed grinder/polisher. That normally takes everything off, residue included. Make sure to buy the Red Tred brand, they work the...

Sounds good to me. I'm going to go ahead and suggest Brush Script, Comic Sans or Serpentine.

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I use Grimco as my main supplier for my large format materials, and I go through quite a bit of 680CR. When I called in a couple weeks ago to order more 680, they told me 3M had this awesome new reflective out, which is the 780. They sent me a sample roll of it, I haven't really had much time to...

I'll be in trouble if I ever get an Edge FX... I've heard you actually have to load the colors it's asking for or it won't print haha

I have a small fortune and a lot of blood, sweat and tears sunk into my 25500. The good news is I probably know more about this machine than most techs now. The bad news is I know this last round of repairs was probably the last, and the next time it breaks I'll need to replace it with a new...

Ah that makes sense. I was running the segment area marks though, so I expected that to help with the accuracy. I guess I'll look into making the adjustments on the printer. I may also do a reset on the cutter, apparently it liked cutting with the regestration mark settings not matching between...

It definitely shouldn't be bowing because of cheap material, I use 680CR almost exclusively as far as reflective goes. It has never been a problem with the Mutoh cutter, but maybe the Graphtec can't handle it. I'm also prefeeding everything to the heater, I figured out that also helps it to lay...

I know the media is definitely distorted, from what I've read the 25500's are know for that. I'm pretty sure I had the marks lined up, but I'll give the thumb tack idea a shot. I'll also look at where the pinch wheels are. There is just no repeatability with this thing. One time it'll do fine...

Some of you may have seen all of my posts about my L25500 printer. I finally got it back up and running the other day after several weeks and a lot of money. I printed the first job on it and laminated, and when I loaded it into my Mutoh SC-850D the cutter started acting up. I have been having...

The only solution I found was to use 3M IJ180 haha. I just finally realized certain printers like certain materials better. But as of right now I'm not printing anything because the printer is broken, again.

Some great responses here, and a lot for me to think about. I called Grimco today just to get the numbers on the HPs. Basically, a 110 is going to be about $8500 by the time it's in my shop and a 315 would be close to $13k, according to them. Also, the 315 is supposedly backordered until the end...