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  1. New equipment purchase for a new print shop

    Hello again guys. Well most everyone has read my other posts about the issues that we had before with the used equipment we purchased on the mutoh 1324. Well we have all of our equipment sold. Printer, laminator, plotter and everything. With that being said we are trying to figure out what to...
  2. heat settings for printing on Oracal Premium Cast vinyls?

    I am trying to print on a roll of Oracal Premium Cast vinyl, just the regular stuff you would cut lettering out of. I have an HP L26500 latex printer and I am wondering about what to set the temp to? I don't want to risk a random setting and melt the vinyl all over my printer. Any suggestions...
  3. HP 831 Latex Ink / STS

    We have an HP 310 printer and I recently got an email from STS Inks claiming they have an identical ink cartridge for the HP 831 inks. Cost for HP is $135 / cartridge. STS sells their 775 mL cartridge online for only $69.99. Anyone tried it...
  4. Self Adhesive Vinyl for Latex Contour Cutting

    Hi Having had a number of users complain of poor cutting accuracy with Latex the resolution nearly always seems to be correct media selection. Assuming the cutter is calibrated and the printer has a good profile with minimal heat, swapping between vinyls has a huge effect on contour cutting...
  5. Printing Latex on Reflective 3M Reduces / eliminated reflective effect? L260

    We use a HP latex 260 with Flexi 10 software. We've gotten a request to produce fully printed reflective stripe kits. However in the past the ink seemed to reduce the effectiveness of the intended reflective effect? Has anyone else experience this? Any settings to maybe make it more...
  6. HP Latex Decisions...

    Been shopping for upgrades to our Gerber equipment for a couple of months now, as we expand our business... Looks like Roland is going to lose another potential sale to HP Latex... I can get the HP 110 or 310 with Graphtec FC8600-130 Plotter for cheaper then Roland will do for the VS-540i...
  7. HP latex garment printing

    I am interested to start a t-shirt printing and heat transferring company. I prefer to go with HP latex 310 or Mutoh 1324 or 1624 machine, latex machine versatile and can do more applications like wall, floor graphics and fine art reproduction. HP latex i was offered 28% discount on list price...
  8. Mutoh 1324 suggestion

    I am new here and had interested to start a t-shirt printing company with good graphics and really confused which machine to go. I prefer to go with HP latex 310 or Mutoh 1324 or 1624 machine, latex machine versatile and can do more applications like wall, floor graphics and fine art...
  9. HP latex 360 ink droplets on print media

    I am new to printing with the HP Latex 360 printer, Previously I worked with a Roland Eco-Solvent. I was having banding issues with just colors using Magenta (reds, burgundies, purples..etc.). I've tried using the "optimize print quality" cleanings, re-profiling medias (even thought it happens...
  10. Latex vs Eco/Solvent vs UV Inks

    Upfront: I own a Mutoh VJ 1324 Eco-Solvent I was talking to my Fellers Rep the the other day and I was saying i was thinking of getting a UV printer because of scratch resistance compared to eco-solvent. Basically his response was they're not that much better, they are expensive (starting...
  11. Launching a product. Need to fill in knowledge gaps.

    Hi Everyone I had an idea for a niche product and after interviewing potential customers there seems to be enough demand to research solutions. I don't have much domain knowledge, so I'm hoping the experts on this forum can help fill in the gaps. Product: identical to wall murals...
  12. 5m latex printer?

    anybody heard about 5m width latex printer ? There are some rumors on the market.
  13. HP Latex printer, HPL25500 60" - $6000

    For sale, well maintained and lightly used. South Florida, kept in clean environment, ready to go. Includes 2 buck/boost transformers. Purchased 2011, ser # MY03B1901T. One owner.
  14. L25500 Prints are printing wrong size.

    I am running a l25500 latex with Flexi as the ripper. I am running car wraps with seams that need to line up. When I print something at larger than 130" they are inconsistently not the right size printed. Off under and over by as much as 1.5". Not consistent. It is very strange too, because if I...
  15. ink transfer and stickiness after lamination

    Hi All, Hope I'm not posting this in the wrong section. We have printed ferarri media using a HP L28500 and laminated it using a liquid laminator machine and 'ArhivaCoat waterbased matte' and we are experience ink transfer and peeling/stickiness of material upon receipt. The media and laminate...
  16. Latex printed polystyrene

    Latex printed polystyrene

    Nothing too amazing but turned out nice.
  17. Looking to replace a GS6000- latex or Eco-solvent?

    Hi all, I've been browsing around on the forums and have read a lot about some of the options- we're intrigued by the HP latex 330/360, read some bad reviews of the Epson Surecolors, and have no idea where to start with the other brands. I'd love some feedback on the new HP latex printers if...
  18. Silvering with Latex Printer

    Hello everyone, I have spent hours on here stalking and finding EXTREMELY valuable information for my venture into a new home-based print shop. A little about me; I have been in the sign industry for almost 6 years, primarily in print production and installation. I have installed all types...
  19. Caldera printing problems to HP Latex 26500

    We are having on going problems with files crashing while printing. The files are not very large but they may not print at all or print 99% then the printer fails. It provides several different error codes. Is anyone else having this problem? Same files print fine on our FB 500. All equipment is...
  20. HP L26500 banding randomly

    Printer has been banding intermittently for the last day or two. After some trial & error and further analysis, it looks like I'm dropping nozzles as printing progresses. It initially seemed to be the Magenta (#5) ph, but it looks like I'm having problems with Y & K too (based on ph test...
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