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  1. Printed Graphics do not line up

    When a Sign is too big for the printer I split it into two pieces with a 1/4" overlap. When the fabricator puts the vinyl on the substrate The two pieces never line up. If we line it up on one end the other end is off by usually around 1/4" (sometime more). Can anyone tell me how to create the...
  2. Question Cast all the time?

    Should all vehicle graphics be done with cast vinyl? Not talking about wraps, which is a given. What about printed graphics and cut vinyl lettering on flat surfaces?
  3. Printer "Erased" a color?

    Good morning! I'm running a Seiko H2-74 with Onyx 10. I just had a print come back, because there was a section of the file missing. A blue square about the size of 2 inches, with white text on the inside just disappeared. I'll attach a photo - The image on the left is what it's supposed to...
  4. Suggestions Longest lasting printed vinyl on dimensional signs

    I have a client that has acrylic faced foam letters with printed vinyl on them. Another shop made the sign about 4 years ago and the printed faces are fading bad. They want to replace the sign with a longer lasting option. Logo has a gradation and they will not accept a solid color alternative...
  5. Need Help Measure productivity or Export job activity from my EFI H1625LED?

    On our OCE TDS400 we have a meter that measures linear feet printed. On our HP5500 there's an accounting tab in the web interface that shows jobs printed, time, and media. I need to know how to export this information from my EFI H1625 LED so that I can analyze it in Excel. At the printer I can...
  6. Troubleshooting EdgeFX color inconsistency

    I printed some interior signs a few years ago on our Edge. They had a background jpg with spot color copy. The customer wants an additional sign that I printed, but the color isn't matching the old signs. Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong? The sign I am holding is the misprint, the actual...
  7. Moving Sale. Save on all Plotter Art™ collections with printed user guides.

    We're getting ready for a cross country move and would like to lighten our load. All Plotter Art™ collections with printed user guides must go! Rock bottom prices • Free shipping to addresses in the contiguous 48 U.S. states...
  8. Digitally Printed + Epoxy floors?

    Has anyone ever printed vinyl to be applied to a floor and the "epoxyed" over with Polyurea? We have a customer who is super-excited to do this. We would print on our eco-solvent printer...anybody? Any tips? Proper vinyl? Lamination? We're going to give her samples of laminated and non-laminated...
  9. Printing wholesaler

    Does anyone on here offer wholesale printing (I am looking for one on one,not some huge online business). So far I haven't found anyone good. Its all intermediate and high performance printed vinyl I need printed with contour cut. Pretty simple. I hate jumping around from this person to the...
  10. Need Help JV3 - I needed to fix the CYAN...

    Be careful what you ask for! I needed to get my Cyan head printing again, and this is what I got :D I went from intermittent partially printed lines, to a full blown CYANAGEDDON >:O Any clues as to what caused this?
  11. GX 500 won't find the last crop marks. HELP!

    Trying to do a large run of reverse printed static cling decals, print/cut. Printed on xj540 and trying to cut on gx500. We have done this job before with good results, but the plotter won't find the back set of crop marks this time. Only difference from the last time we did this job is we...
  12. Need Help Need Screen Printed Tshirts

    Looking for someone to Screen Print some Tshirts. Have a current order for 150 shirts.
  13. Latex Printed - Double Sided Polypropylene Film

    Looking for a rolled film that can be printed 2-sided with a latex printer; anyone have any leads?
  14. Need Help Need some high tack decals printed for RTic metal can koolers

    Hi, I need to get around 24 decals printed approx 3"x5". My customer has some of those rtic metal koozies that he wants his logo on. I'm presuming that a high tack decal will be the way to go, but I don't have any material and don't want to order a roll for this small job. I could not for the...
  15. Need Help Mimaki CJV150-160 Printing Short Each Time

    Need some help. Our shop got a Mimaki CJV150-160 3-4 months ago. Everything was working fine. However, recently all our prints are coming up short by a few inches. For example, we just printed a banner that is suppose to be 33.25"w x 85.25"h. But all the 4 banners we printed ended up...
  16. Need Help JV33 misfire black channel

    Im getting a misfire on one of the black channels. When I print an image, it looks as if Im getting a color bleed, like when a damper gets a few drops of different ink in it. Upon further inspection of the color bar that is printed along the margin, I noticed a set of black dots printed directly...
  17. jv33-160 heater settings/color issues

    have had this machine now for about a week and have been running test prints to get my colors dialed in. been using ij180 and substance 444 as I mainly do wraps on utvs, while doing all this the colors were not as vibrant as I was expecting coming from a latex machine. today I did some more...
  18. Clear vinyl over steel

    Hello there, in an old warehouse building converted into loft offices, they want to put graphics over the columns which are covered with metal plates. It is basically old steel with a clearcoat over it. They want to have a lot of small text in white, so they ask us to test with different clear...
  19. Prism Jet 64" Printer For Sale For Parts only

    Forgive me if posting this in the wrong area. Its been a while since I have been here. I mostly do screen printing now. Anyway I have the above printer for sale for parts. It is highly possible that this thing could actually be restored to printing again if someone knows what they are doing. I...
  20. Customer wants to pre-purchase printed heat transfers

    Hi, A local high school wants to pre-purchase printed heat transfers for there 100% polyester shirts (Which they will bring the shirts in as they need them) I'm not selling them the shirts. He wants me to price any where from 10-100 left chest logos. My question is has any body ever dealt...
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