uv printing

Hello, hope you are all doing well. I'm printing various projects on a Mimaki UCJV300 series printer and am interested in trying to apply foil on TOP of prints. I am aware that I can simply print over metallic media and just use the opacity of the ink to selectively cover & reveal areas that are...

Hi, I've just had an order for my first wall-mounted acrylic sign with stand-offs. I've reverse UV printed onto clear vinyl CMYK plus white, then wet applied that to the reverse side of the pre-cut acrylic sheet. At first, everything looked great but, after trimming the overhang from the vinyl...

I hope you are all doing well. I have recently gotten into UV printing with a Mimaki UCJV300 roll-to-roll printer and trying to understand as much as I can. I could not find posts that talk in depth about the variations between the 3 inks the printer supports, the procedures that you must use to...

Hello, I wanted to get feedback on people’s experiences with UV flatbed printers. We’ve been UV printing (flatbed) for 10 years now and are looking at purchasing our 3rd UV printer. Our experience with UV printers has been somewhat frustrating. It seems like we spend a lot of time fixing...

Hi to all ! I want to ask for a desperate help with my new purchase. I bought a used COMPRESS UV printer ( which is a MUTOH RJ 900X inside) and it came with this RIP - Kothari Print Pro. It has White, Color and BLACK environment, so it generates automatically the white channel for printing on...

We just bought a large flatbed uv printer. It’s marketed as a uv for printing on objects like phone cases, lunch boxes, pens, etc. Up until this point we’ve been primarily doing sign and wall graphics. My question is what’s the best/ quickest/ easiest way to drum up business with our new UV...

Does anyone based in the UK have a source for UV-printable, coloured tarpaulin material? I'm looking for a manufacturer or distributor of the raw material, as opposed to a printer / fabricator of finished tarpaulins. Just to be clear - I'm after tarpaulin material, not banner material. Thanks...

Hello, First time posting on here. I have a UV printer and I’ve been told I can print on watch bands but my ink cracks or doesn’t stay. Has anyone printed on a iwatch band what did you use as a primer or to keep image from cracking and staying on or do I need to buy a different type of band that...

Hello, We started printing on UV without printing White ink. Recently we started laminating with Arlon and 3m overlaminates. But we got one issue. Since we dnt print the white ( it gets the white from white material ), we get bubbles when we laminating the substrate . For example if the print...

Got an add a while back for Nazdar's 706 series ink that is supposed to be a direct replacement for the Lus 120 Mimaki brand ink. the specs on it seemed okay and the price was eye catching to say the least. Just wondered if anyone has had any experience with it and how durable it is, how close...

Hi all, we have a used EFI Rastek H650 that we're trying to get setup. We have it physically ready, but we're having some software issues. It came with Fiery 4.5.x, that we have setup on a fresh computer running Windows 7 32-bit (yikes), but it didn't come with the H650-specific device drivers...

I am running some sample prints on our Arizona 480XT UV Printer on Lintec E-2100ZC-61 material. We are running Colour/White/Colour and we are getting what we call gradation banding where the gradient starts to transition from solid to clear. The file is made in illustrator and its ripped...

I wanted to reach out & see if anyone had any problems with UV printed products making them sick. We bought a new Roland LEF 300 back in November & we just started our first major production run. We are using ther Eco UV 4 Ink. We have the printer setup with a BOFA Filter that gets vented...

I'm currently running the HP latex 335 and thinking to get the ucjv300. The reason is to print white and clear. I mostly design for customer so if I can print white and clear then I can also offer something new. My questions: -How hard is the maintenance? -How temperamental is this printer...

Hello, I have noticed off-color banding when printing black on vinyl banners. It looks like this only happens on the edge of the graphic of an 8' print on our 98" wide HP FB750 printer and when printing a black background. Printer: HP FB750 Media: Frontlit Banner Print Resolution: Indoor...

Hello All - We just upgraded our Acuity to a new Acuity X2 (double bed) and it should be installed in February or March. We have been considering adding the roll to roll media option (because where can you get a 84" wide roll to roll printer for under $30,000.00?), and it would act as our...

My company is wanting to experiment with corrugated cardboard materials and wanted to see what manufacturers and/or brands of corrugated board people are using for flatbed UV printing for applications like decorative packaging and FSDUs? Thanks!

I am new to UV printing, and have recently had problems with my ink not adhering to corrugated plastic signs. I have tried various prep methods, as well printer settings and have had various amounts of success. But recently have had a few customer come in and tell me there signs are flaking...

I've seen threads about how people have been printing on mirrors and it has mix reviews, where some people do it weekly on their UV Flatbeds...Does anyone have any experience in printing on reflective material? I have some reflective blanks and would like to change my process from printing on...

Does someone have any recommendations for an opaque blockout material that can be directly printed to? We operate Vutek GS 3250 pro series printers. Material has to be Thicker than 3 mil. Trying to get multiple uses out of each board. All input is apprecdiated.