• I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...

static

  1. Static on pallets of Palram Palight 3mm PVC

    We work primarily with 3mm Palight Premium foamed PVC, masked on one side. We're accustomed to the static discharge when removing the mask. Our static bar on the printer, blowing some compressed air over it, and Louisiana humidity, eliminate any printing issues with static. Our problems are...
  2. Fuji Acuity LED 48 OVERSPRAY!

    Hi guys and gals we have Fuji Acuity UV flatbed printer. We have had nothing but problems with this thing for over 2 years. When trying to print on gatorboard we get overspray. See the knockout areas. We turn on the static bar and it's much worse. Our humidity is around 55%. Boards have been...
  3. Need Help Sabre 408 no communication

    Hello, I'm a first time poster and need some technical help with our Sabre 408. We came to work last tuesday like any other day, turned on the Sabre, warmed up the spindle, but when we tried to send a job from Artpath we got no christmas lights showing on the sabre keyboard. The day before it...
  4. Ghosting printing roland vs640.

    Hello Everyone, Been trying to solve this by myself by cleaning the head, cleaning the encoder strip. unplugging it. But could not find a strong solution. Is it caused by static? please help Roland VS640 is my machine. https://imgur.com/a/9yu4jf0
  5. Need Help Printing on glossy polyester 0.075mm thick

    Hey guys, I'm looking for some advice I'm having terrible trouble printing on a very thin glossy polyester 0.003 inches thick (Autostat CT3) I have a Fuji Acuity II 1600 UV Hybrid. There's a huge amount of static which along with the general thinness I'm assuming is causing the material to...
  6. Need Help What's Going on Here? Weird Printing Marks

    Good morning! As of yesterday, I've been getting these weird, streak like marks on the things I've been printing. I'll attach pictures but what I've been using is our Roland Soljet Pro III XC-540, a banner material that I don't have a number for (I assume it's a cheaper, more generic brand)...
  7. Need Help Arlon SLX Wrap Static Issues

    I have a Roland XC 540 and am using the new Arlon SLX wrap material to print. I am getting HORRIBLE static (print ghosting/static spray) when printing. I tried using a humidifier and changing the heat. I actually thought it was my printer at first but when I switched material is prints...
  8. Need Help Static With Foamcore

    Need help fixing static on foamcore prints - Quick help! Have some due projects due tomorrow AM. Anything would help
  9. Question Static/overspray

    Im printing on a Durst omega 2 and every now and again the static is causing massive overspray on Foamex panels, is there any products available for a quick fix, I've heard of the static wire/sprays etc but i wasn't sure which was best to look at. cheers
  10. Strange white dots on Black print only. HELP!!

    Hi, I have been pulling my hair out over this. Ok, so I have 2x soljet pro3 xc540 machines. One machine runs bulk inks, the other runs carts. Both machines started doing this around the same time. But I figured out the spots are only coming from the black head! These white dots of varying...
  11. dx7 printhead fault / static / voltage???? HELP!!!!

    Hi Folks, I have had this fault for quite a while now. It was only really noticeable on particular shades of blue but now it is over the fill range of colours and greys. It's as if the printhead isnt putting out enough of ink. It tends to happen on equal intervals such as 6.5cm apart. When it...
  12. [Help pls!] Uv printer White INK overspray dust (ink or static issue ?)

    We're new here so Hello to all ! We're getting crazy to solve an issue we get since some time with the White ink. I use a small UV flatbed printer and sometimes, the white ink overspray as you can see on the picture. It is a kind of white dust. Done already: - Head cleanings. - Manual...
  13. Roland 545ex Magenta Overspray

    I am new to the site, so thanks for adding me and any help will be appreciated. I have a Roland 545ex, I bought it used over a year ago and it has pretty much run smoothly since buying it, with a few exceptions on needing manually cleaned. Recently I noticed when printing some static clings...
  14. Vinyl 101: Dealing with Dust in the winter

    It's the time of year when there is a lot of static and my latest vinyl roll (LG) has a terrible problem with attracting lint and dust from all the static. After working hard and throwing a lot of vinyl away (and ink) because of specks I came up with this. I used these lint free cloths that I...
  15. VJ 1614E strange printing problem

    Hi, Since some days we cannot print in good quality on plastic media (vinyl and backlit). In the attached photo you can see black ink exactly on the direction/path of machine rollers. Those rolls are perfectly cleaned. It looks to me like static. I thought that the rolls do not freely move in...
  16. Roland XJ740 WEIRD test print.. pls help.

    Hi everybody. I wanted to ask you if anyone experienced this and how do we go about fixing this problem. please note that i'm not an expert of this but i'l try my best to follow any instructions you throw at me..so please I really need help.. by the way, here's the testrpint:
  17. Static and my Flatbed Hybrid

    Hello all, I run a Dilli Neotitan 1606 like a M2 and am having alot of trouble with static as it is very dry and no moisture in the winter time here... came across staticure on the internet and was wondering if anyone has used it and what there results were? Thanks alot and happy...
Top