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Most likely the carriage cables or the carriage PCA are bad like what happened to me.

My L25500 is down and its looking like I may not be able to get it back going. I have been able to print a few jobs with it to keep things moving but I have one project that it won’t do correctly. I’m printing brown and gold on 3M 680CR for a police car. I am looking for someone with a Latex...

I have tried it on both 680CR reflective and 180 non reflective with the same result. The banding is in the brown and cyan, so I think the banding in the brown is a result of a Cyan problem. I’m already running 12 pass. I printed one car with this 1405 brown a couple weeks ago and it was...

Bump for any help with this... all the inks and printheads are new, I’ve ran multiple cleanings and every test and alignment I know to do, and it’s still acting up and producing the same banding in the brown.

Ah the old L25500, I have a love hate relationship with it. Mostly hate though. So I have replaced just about every part of this printer. I know it’s time for a new one, but I’m trying to squeeze a couple more months out of it. Two days ago I printed a job on 3M 680CR that is only two colors...

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Yep. The truck is most likely a Pierce. That font is their most common. I have my own version.

That is one of Pierce's fonts, it is actually their most commonly used one. Like letterman7 said it is not available for purchase. RJ Marx in Wisconsin used to typeset it for a fee but I heard they don't do that anymore. I have my own version that I made to match it, you can start with something...

You know, after thinking about it I have had this happen on white trucks also. Not as bad as what you have there, but a faint yellow... usually behind red vinyl. It also almost always happens behind the vinyl encapsulated 23 kt. gold leaf graphics I take off if they are on white paint, whether I...

So I am working on a new fire truck for a customer. We had the side and rear reflective striping done at the factory so it could be delivered NFPA compliant, and I am adding the gold leaf lettering and striping. I saw the truck for the first time today, and immediately noticed a problem. Our...

That is in fact a Pierce proprietary font, it’s actually their most commonly used version. The “DYERSBURG” on the front is also their Goldstar hand laid 23 kt. gold leaf.

For anyone reading this thread and thinking of using the Vector Doctor, just answer his questions. He is extremely good at what he does and has helped me out quite a bit!

You’re dead on about fire departments. I’m a fireman who also happens to own a graphics business. There is nothing we hate worse than having a truck in the fleet that doesn’t match the others. Pierce has an amazing graphics department, the trouble with it is the rest of us have to work hard to...

I’ve actually been working on matching 3M gold also. I have both a Gerber Edge and an HP Latex. Some of the 3M reflective colors can be matched using the transparent foils on the Edge, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with the gold. Pierce has it figured out apparently, I’ve noticed a lot of...

That’s odd, they used to typeset everything I needed (for a fee). I ended up making my own font to resemble this one. FYI, RJ Marx used to actually be in the Pierce factory. They did all of Pierce’s graphics, then they ended up moving out on their own but Pierce kept a copy of the fonts and...

I’m a little late to this party, but I’ve been doing the printed reflective gold here for quite a while also. It’s actually my most popular product. All 3M 680CR printed on my HP Latex.

If you’re working with 3M, this should at least get you started... like the others said, print samples and see how close you can get!

I have decided that it is time to replace my trusty L25500. I am going to stick with HP latex, and per the recommendations of many here I want to go with the 300 series. I have talked to the people at Plotter Masters/Plotter Depot and they have some good deals on refurbished HP printers and they...

If not a manual, does anyone at least have some pointers?

I know the first gen Enduralam laminators are very old, but I got a very good deal on a 54”. I pulled the side covers off and the first thing I noticed was the roller lift had been cranked too far down and basically pushed the screw drive out of the back bearing. I have fixed all of that, but I...