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Hi Matt, There are bunch of threads already on the forum that have a ton of info. I know as I had the same questions… There are special vinyls for this purpose and almost every manufacturer makes one. Generally you’d do white plexi and then depending on your preference a lot of people print...

we buy a big box of swab-it swabs every couple of years and then get some larger and smaller syringes from solvent inkjet. If you have the mbis (mimaki bulk ink system) system there is a special syringe for purging that. Other than that it’s just cleaning solution, maybe spare ink line and...

same here… anyone want to buy a super cheap 628 dye sub… I’m probably buying a dual i3200 head 14” or 24” from hanrun paper in China. Thinking of the 14” first and then in half a year or so when the tech seems to calm down we’ll get a 24”. Hoping to order next month. Luckily I’m right next...

just be aware that the first time you ship something via ocean freight from China there is a pretty decent chance that there are extra charges (customs broker, random shipping charges especially if you ship “door to door”) that might pop up. If also really depends where you’re located. If...

congrats! Sublimation does feel like magic when you first start with it. Have you checked out t-shirt forums? You’ll find more small scale sublimation people over there than here. The hardest thing with 3rd party inks is dialing in your colors but sure are cheap. If you keep going and like...

You’re probably better off asking on t-shirt forums as most people here are sign shops. We’re spending $500+ a month with stahls and I think we’re going to order an ink giant or more likely Hanrun paper 24” printer soon. They both seem to have well developed systems. The powderless system...

Don't quite understand what you're trying to do. Are you trying to flush out the aqueous ink and switch to solvent or vice versa? You basically do a full flush which whatever flush is compatible with your current ink set. Then flush out that flush with the new type of flushing fluid and...

We have a Mimaki CG-FXII and the cutter performs flawlessly but the interface through Mimaki's RIP is a bit of a mess and not very intuitive. You also need an older copy of Illustrator to make the plugin run properly. I'm guessing once we get it set up in Onyx correctly that will help but...

this has happened to me before too. Take off as many parts as you need to really give it a good cleaning, make sure it slides back and forth smoothly and manually put it back in into it's home position and restart.

GREAT company. Good pricing and better yet good support and nice people. I’ve purchased 3 mimaki heads from them over the years and lots of parts, grommets and ink

Hi, I’m in the same boat and been trying to figure this out off and and for a while. Every time I search I find more rips that support the vj628 (cadlink does now too) but it does seem to need a firmware update and I wonder about ink agitation. If you get the bulk ink system from sts at least...

You probably need to learn how to manually draw ink into the dry heads with a syringe. You detach the capping station hose from the pump, stick a syringe into the hose and gently apply a vacuum to pull ink into the damper and into the head. Then do a few regular cleanings and usually you're...

Email me hybriddesignhi@gmail.com I should have a main board and a bunch of other boards. I'd prefer to sell the whole box of boards (it's basically all the boards from a VP540 as we stripped two machines last year) for $250+ shipping or something like that. Tai

briteline definitely works well in a pinch

Thanks for all the info. We're alternating loving it (I the owner love it as it's fast and we're swamped in Campaign banners) and semi-hating it (my production guys since we still don't really have it dialed). We've got ours running at 5/7/2 on 13oz matte banner and it's working well but with...

Hi, I sent you a pm. I’m local (assuming you’re in Honolulu) and might be able to at least point you in the right direction. You could take a look at our printers and see what you’d need size wise. As others mentioned this forum is more for sign businesses versus customers and you’re kind of...

Wow, do you guys get $6-8? We are at $4 and we’re in Hawaii paying crazy rent and overhead. Even at $4 we often have customers coming in with a lower offer from another printer. We price our campaign banners at $2.25 a square foot. 13oz vinyl, solvent printed, taped edges although we just...

We’ve mounted a lot of gf 203 and other permanent vinyls to birch ply with no problems or peeling. Sometimes we use higher tack vinyl as well but we’ve never really had any issues. Ideally wrap it over the edge and maybe secure the wrap on the back side with a staple gun etc but we’ve done it...

Hi, do you have the manual for it? The error codes are all in the manual. You can’t get parts overseas. You can contact helicon graphics for support. I have the same machine.

I'm confused too but here's what we do: -we are a solvent only shop so we offer quick turnaround signs which are vinyl laminated to coro and then slower turn which we usually use Firesprint for and it's UV or screen printed. -this pricing is only for campaign signs so 50+ of the exact same...