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  1. HP 365 - Not made for traffic reflective printing? (also, need printer suggestions)

    We have had our Latex 365 printer for 1.5 years; printed for a total of 230 hours and 600 prints. Recently we have been running into a host of issues, the most recent being the 365 not printing the exact size for a traffic sign (so, it prints 36.0625 instead of 36). And after the tech did a...
  2. Need Help Flexi P&C 12 - Zoom in and graphics/images turn black

    So, I've looked both on here and searched the web for an answer to this and I can't seem to find anyone with a similar issue, nor a solution. It's pretty straightforward, when I zoom in to any sort of logo, text, or other graphic (designed in Flexi P&C, not imported), at some point the image...
  3. Need Help Flexi 19 Boot/Sleep Looping HP Latex 365

    All right, so this is a pretty specific issue, but I'm hoping at least one person has heard of this so I don't feel completely crazy. This is the breakdown of what is currently happening: -When the HP Latex 365 is on and both Flexi P&C 19 and Flexi PM 19 are open, the printer goes to sleep as...
  4. Graphtec FC8600 - bump on the inside of ALL curves (pics)

    Ok, so this is a slightly different issue than I had with the white vinyl + laminate (another post). Basically on all curves, there is a clear cutting issue. It only happens on the inside of a curve, always in the direct center of the curve (see pictures). I have, so far, factory reset the...
  5. FC8600 Graphtec Cutting settings for CB09UB and CB15UA-K30

    Hello everyone! So I cannot figure out for the life of me how to cut white vinyl with laminate properly. I am trying to kiss cut laminated stickers and 2 things will inevitably happen. On straight lines, there will be a "nub" that shows up, like a small bump. And second, on corners, the blade...
  6. Need Help FC8600 - Poll Size Greyed Out

    Yesterday I lost connection to both my HP 365 and Graphtec 8600 in the Production Manager. We called our IT guy and he went through the process of getting them re-set up in PM. Everything works fine (I can print and cut again) but poll size is now greyed out. I've updated both the firmware and...
  7. Light Gray coming out grainy - HP 365

    I am printing on white vinyl (briteline air gloss release) with a light gray (#E5E5E5) with the HP 365 latex printer. I've cleaned the printheads and used "optimize print quality" yet the gray is still coming out really grainy. Is this just how gray looks or is there a way to make it look more...
  8. Contour Cut - Smoother lines?

    When using "Contour Cut" with the contour option, is there any way to make the lines a bit smoother for die cutting? I understand it's following the contour of the letters, but that makes for a bit more jagged edged look. The only option I can see is to make the spread larger, but even with it...
  9. Illustrator and Clipping Masks for Vehicle Wrap

    Hello everyone! So I am learning about designing for vehicle wraps and recently grabbed a free sample of a car from Pro Vehicle Outlines website. All of the art is designed in Illustrator and I need to figure out how to clipping mask my own artwork "inside" their vehicle artwork for a mock-up...
  10. Gunk on Print

    Printer: HP 365 Laminator: Royal Sovereign 1402HW Flexi 3M Traffic HP365 3930 Series Profile Type H 3930 Sheeting I am having a heck of a time trying to figure this out. So basically when I print black (it may be other colors as well, but I haven't tested it yet) tiny little specks show up...
  11. Sign Shop Software - What do you use?

    We are trying to find a sign program for a small business that will allow us to: Enter each of our materials and the price per Enter overhead, labor, etc Quote and Invoice Track progress in production I have run across ShopVOX, Printavo, Estimate, SignTracker and a couple others. Are there...
  12. Squeeze Roller - getting wrinkles

    I'm currently using a squeeze roller table, with an upper holder bar, from Highway Handyman to apply premask to vinyl and sheeting to signs, among other things. When applying premask (application tape), I will get wrinkles on occasion especially on longer pieces (4'-5'L). It's always one long...
  13. Question DGI Traffic MUTCD Files - what happened?

    We purchased the FlexiSign MUTCD files from DGITraffic. Basically a CD with all of the traffic signs pre-made for Flexi. We have run into some issues with the colors being incorrect in the files along with incorrect type sizes. I've gone to dgitraffic.com, mutcd.org, and fhwa.org to get in...
  14. Hello from Wisconsin!

    Hi everyone! I'm Steffane and I work at Barricade Flasher, a local traffic control company. I'm a graphic designer by trade but have also had various print experience in the past. We just recently built out a print/design room and I'm getting familiar with all of the equipment. It has been ~3...
  15. Need Help HP Latex 365 - Printing dead center?

    EDIT: Problem solved! Thank you all for your help. Long story short - I was placing small crop marks to mark where the sheeting would be cut and that ultimately pushed everything to the left which left a tiny margin on the left and a huge one on the right. My image is now 23.250 (no crop marks)...
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