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  1. Scratch and Kink Free Posters

    We have a new client that has started ordering 4 posters every week that are 60" x 96" printed on Briteline Semi-Gloss poster paper that is about 9 mil. Their art is heavy coverage with floods of different colors which really makes defects stick out if the light is right. We are struggling to...
  2. Summa S2 Cutting Sheets...

    We bought a Summa S2T cutter over a year ago, but never had any training, we just figured it out and read the manual. We mainly use it to cut vinyl, but wondered if it could help us cut down posters. We have Onyx Thrive and I am wondering if we could have it feed a roll of material through and...
  3. Clear vs Optically Clear

    We need to print a sign and mount it on the back side of a piece of acrylic. We are going to use double sided adhesive to attach it. So people will be viewing this through the lexan and through the double sided adhesive. Do I need to use optically clear or will clear work ok? I know using...
  4. Bad Install Experience...

    We are a commercial printer that dabbles in large format for a few clients. We rarely do installs, mostly just print and give to businesses who install themselves. We had a University ask us for a quote on replacing a 6x7 foot map screwed to their wall. The previous map was on some type of...
  5. Thrive Layout Tool Grief...

    I am running a 12/24 Core/Thread Windows 10 machine with 64GB of RAM. Ripping files in Thrive's output Que seems pretty quick, but if I run things through Layout Tool to resize or edit, it seems slow as molasses and sometimes just hangs before finishing. I always seem to have poor experience...
  6. Operating System Not Configured to Run This Application....

    Came into work this morning and had a windows popped up on the screen saying that the Operating System Is Not Configured to Run This Application. Couldn't get the window to go away, but figured out it was caused by Epson's LFP Accounting program. I had to force quit it. We have been using this...
  7. Pressure Sensitive Roll Paper...

    We run roll labels and currently use adhesive vinyl. Does anyone know of a supplier for pressure sensitive roll paper that works with eco-solvent printers that might be cheaper?
  8. Cut Vinyl vs Printed Vinyl...

    We regularly print adhesive vinyl on our Epson and mount it on various substrates, but the other day I decided to try cutting out vinyl and applying that for some yard signs, primarily just to see how it worked. Everything worked fine, but I was left thinking it made more sense to just print a...
  9. Coroplast Sign Pricing...

    We do NOT have a flatbed printer, so the only way we can do coro signs is to print on pressure sensitive vinyl and mount it on the coro. Doing this we cannot justify doing this in house, so we send out to trade shops like Signs365 for small orders or Gill Line for larger ones and mark it up...
  10. Lamination Cost and Pricing....

    I wanted to share our cost and pricing for lamination and see if everyone else thought it looked reasonable. We are a commercial printer that does large format work for a couple clients and recently bought a laminator, so we are having to setup pricing. We bought a new 55" roll to roll...
  11. Slitting Options...

    We have always ordered out roll labels, but our largest client is wanting to shift their roll label printing over to us and they notoriously have tight deadlines that wouldn't allow ordering out. We have a wide format printer, a roll to roll laminator and a Summa ST2 cutter that we could use to...
  12. Cyan Blobs and contamination...

    We have a 6 month old S40600 that has been lightly used as large format is a market we are expanding into. Sometimes we don't run the machine for a week or two. So far we are on our third set of ink cartridges to give you an idea of the usage. I noticed this morning that when I ran a head test...
  13. First Laminator Question GFP

    We got the GFP355 laminator and had a rush job to laminate. I managed to bumble my way through laminating a 3x4 foot poster without any issues, but wondered if anyone could tell me what temp settings I should be using. I just used 2 for temp and speed, but it was a stab in the dark.
  14. Question Tips for Keeping Dirt off Plastic....

    We have become inundated with a few clients that want everything printed on 20 and 30 pt polystyrene. We run it on our Epson S40600 and the results are fantastic. The only real problem is that it attracts lint, dirt and hair like a magnet. We currently take each 4x8 foot sheet and wipe it down...
  15. 4 pass vs 4 pass high quality in Onyx...

    We have only used 4 pass High Quality since we got the printer. Does anyone know what the difference is between the "4 pass" setting and the "4 Pass High Quality"? Epson S40600
  16. Double Sided Banner Materials...

    We have a client that gets double sided banners for their roll up stands. We have tried Solit 500 and Bantex, but both seem to have surface defects scattered around the back side of the material which shows up in large floods of ink, which our clients loves. Can anyone recommend a product that...
  17. Need Cutter Advice...

    I run a commercial print shop and we have a couple Epson S40600 printers. We currently outsource anything that needs cutting, but have a client that needs same or next day service on signage that will need simple cuts. Circular decals primarily, maybe some other simple designs. After a few...
  18. Resolution Settings Explanation

    We are a commercial printer who just bought a new S40600. I notice in the RIP the resolution setting is formatted as follows: 720@720x1440 10 pass. I understand the 720x1440 being the resolution, but what is the first number before the @ symbol? Are the passes the number of overlap to smooth out...
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