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  1. Questions about selling used printers

    I don't think the owner wants to get the money out that has been sunk in; I think they just want them moved out. Under the previous owner, there was definitely a sink-cost fallacy--keep spending money to fix things no matter what, because you'd already spent money to fix them--and I'm pretty...
  2. Questions about selling used printers

    The place I work has three printers they want to move; two Rolands SJ-1045EX wide format 104" (one for parts only, and not many useful parts at that), and a Mimaki JV5-320S grand format (129"). We replaced them with an HP Stitch S1000. The Mimaki only has one head out of four right now, and is...
  3. Need Help Roland SJ-1045EX not printing reliably; nozzles and heads dropping out

    The company I work for bought a used Roland SJ-1045EX off eBay that worked perfectly when it was put into storage (yes, yes, I know, big red flag there...). It's been a nightmare since then. Most of the heads have been replaced at this point, all of the ink caps and dampers, the wiper, the lines...
  4. How to account for fabric stretch for SEGs?

    There are pros and cons to doing it that way. The biggest con that I can think of is that means making a new media profile for each fabric, which could create discrepancies in images across fabrics. But you could also copy your profile, and then calibrate each copy for a different...
  5. Ink selection

    I've been getting some unusual issues with my cyan inks. An expert at CCS Digital in German looked at my color replacement, and noted that while I'd already removed all the magenta, the photos of the final print were still showing some. He suggested that my cyan inks weren't 'pure' cyan, but...
  6. How to account for fabric stretch for SEGs?

    Late to the game, but it really depends on your fabric, more than anything else. We use Fisher Triple white (tri-poly?) for almost everything we do, and if has very little stretch. With the way we sew the SEG on, we typically cut 3/4" larger than nominal for any dimension <20", 5/8" larger for...
  7. Linearization and profiling

    My typical flow is to print the ink restrictions, transfer to fabric, read the patches. Then print linearization, transfer to fabric, read patches. I don't print an evaluation image after linearization; I usually go directly to ink limits. Ink limits for transfer printing is something I'm fuzzy...
  8. Linearization and profiling

    Even when I start at the very beginning, I'm getting values that are outside of the expected range during the initial linearization. If I use an uncoated media gamut, then only a few of the cyan values are outside of the values that the software expects (too dark); if I use the coated, extended...
  9. Linearization and profiling

    I usually scan at least twice, sometimes four times. Values on individual patches are typically ΔE<1. Scanning individual patches returns slightly different results than scanning by strip. The results look good, for the most part. The problem is when I'm trying to do color matching. For that...
  10. Linearization and profiling

    I'm running into an issue here, and I don't know quite what's going on. I'm using Onxy Thrive (I think that's v19?), an XRite i1 Pro, I'm printing with dye sublimation inks on a Roland Pro II SJ 1045EX, and I'm transferring to tri-poly. When I get to the second stage of the profiling process -...
  11. Banding in cyan only, Mimaki JV5-320S

    I'll try executing a pump tube wash ASAP (currently in the middle of a print run). I'm also ordering new cap head assemblies, and wipers, since those are both probably well past their life cycle. Pump tube flushing requires a cleaning solution cartridge, correct? I'm not sure we've ever had...
  12. Banding in cyan only, Mimaki JV5-320S

    I don't think that it's overspray; I think that you're seeing the ink gassing out when it's going through the heat press. The belt on our press is shot, and getting replaced all next week; that should help. By nozzle check, I assume you mean the usual test pattern to look for nozzles that have...
  13. Banding in cyan only, Mimaki JV5-320S

    I'm printing on a Mimaki JV5-320S, using Beaver Paper TexPrint XP95 paper, and Kiian sublimation inks. Only one of the four heads is currently used (because Epsom DX-5 heads are expensive, and the owner doesn't want to buy three more). I'm running Onyx Thrive as the RIP software, and using...
  14. Need Help Profiling - curves not smooth, less-than-ideal gradients

    Sadly, I don't have a lot of choice on calibration device, unless I want to buy one myself. (Which I do, since my boss doesn't seem interested.Probably an X-Rite, since I can't afford a Barbieri anything.) I'm typically making four passes over each individual swatch (A1 L->R, R->L, L->R, R->L...
  15. Need Help Profiling - curves not smooth, less-than-ideal gradients

    Hi Jim, Hey, sorry I didn't get back to this sooner; we've been on short weeks due to the lack of business via covid-19. When I'm reading the calibration - before the ink limits, but after the initial ink restrictions - I'm reading fabric-only. The Ink restrictions are the same kind of...
  16. Need Help Profiling - curves not smooth, less-than-ideal gradients

    I'm getting some odd readings on my calibrations - the generated curves aren't smooth. When I try to import the profile to another identical printer and then calibrate for that printer, it says that my readings are out of range, and can't be clipped. (In other words, I'm going to have to rebuild...
  17. Printer service call labor costs vs. doing the work yourself

    I'm not the owner of the company, I just handle the graphics, RIP, printing, and transfer (dye sublimation) parts. I'm not a money person at all. We have two Roland SJ-1045EX printers that have been converted to using dye sublimation inks (on paper - image quality seems better than direct...
  18. 30 years, never used an external RIP. Now I need one. Help!

    >I occasionally need to color-match to a paint, fabric, or offset-printed swatch, and have developed, over the years, a pretty streamlined swatching process (starting with a color spectrophotometer). But it's time-consuming and wastes media, so it will be very nice if the RIP makes the process...
  19. 30 years, never used an external RIP. Now I need one. Help!

    Correcting color in InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator/etc. is a real crapshoot. If you need to hit critical colors--Pantone, for instance--you're going to be better off creating a spot color layer, and then letting your RIP software handle the color. I'm currently running Onxy Thrive (I'm still on...
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