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  1. My printer has issues with printing decals that are above 4" or bigger

    The decals will eventually get printed. The situation i have come across is with my Roland Sp-300. Most of the time when i print the decals are usually 3" or less. When ever i print a decal that is 3" or larger it seems to pause, clean the heads, and then resume ( Now Processing ) This can...
  2. Halfway through printing some vinyl decals my Roland (Sp-300) will sometimes pause.

    While printing some vinyl my Roland will pause, clean the heads, then resume exactly where it left off. It seems to only do this with some files, while others it can print for hours with out even pausing once. I tried to power down the printer, shut it off, wait, then turn it back on in...
  3. Using Manabu or ClearShield Classic [ Liquid Laminate ]

    Good Afternoon, Does anyone have experience with this product? I have been using it for just a short time and i really cant seem to get the finished product to come out perfectly smooth. Sometimes there are 100's of little air bubbles and it seems the technique has not changed really. Any...
  4. Vinyl peeling very slightly on cut/bleed **pic**

    Good morning, I wondering why some of my cut decals are slightly peeling when the i cut on the bleed. I am guessing it could be either i have my heat set to high and it is causing the vinyl to heat up too much, im using calandered Mac Tac. or maybe it could be that i have the blade pressure set...
  5. Vinyl Decals fading from general wear

    Good afternoon, My main use of vinyl is for decals that either go on to water bottles, coffee mugs, thermos containers, and hard hats. My issue is that they fade over time due to the fact that the decal gets handled a lot. Such as a water bottle. It'll get held often and then thrown in a back...
  6. Having small Lines 'Ghost' Under print

    I've not had any issues with my printer really. This is a new problem and i cannot seem to remedy this. Whenever i print this i get some very faint but visible lines on the media. I just cleaned my printer this morning and my selections on versa works were high quality with bi direction on max...
  7. Black ink Seems to be doubled or twined.

    This seems to only work for the black ink. Whenever i print it seems to double itself or print two lines. Not sure what the remedy would be, The test print comes out fine and tried a head clean. The line running down from the "r" is only supposed to be a single line. As shown in the 1st pic (...
  8. Digital Print onto Cast Or Calendered? Which holds up?

    Ive just purchased a roland sp300 and am currently printing hard hat decals. Should i go with Cast or Calendered? From what i've read here on the forums is that cast is the longer lasting vinyl. But, my issue is not about the life span of the sticker last but how how the digital print will...
  9. New Member for Western Canada

    I'm located in the boom capital of Canada, the province of Alberta. I've been doing lots of screen printing for various unions and other trades here. It all started as a hobby and i just picked up a Roland SP-300 to start into the sticker market. Ive done over 20,000 hard hat stickers and expect...
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