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I paid good money for you to read this!
The ALPHA Matte Photo Paper -
I asked Wensco if they had a profile or even a passes/temp combo to try. They had nothing at all for their latex customers on this.
First the sales rep told me that this paper is latex compatible emphasizing the word presumably because he couldn't wink and touch the side of his nose over the phone. I waited until he moved past that. He then said that I could look at all the paper profiles out there and try some that might be similar to this paper.
When I politely told him umm no he enthusiastically suggested I try the 3m IJ-180C profile "because it works on almost anything!" he remained enthused even after acknowledging that paper and vinyl on a liner are very different substrates.
After assuring him I would try that I pointed out how disappointing this was and he said he would try to find out who actually made the paper and see if they had a profile. They did not but told him what the closest product was that they DID have a profile for.
Results -
The heats were way too high on the similar profile they suggested.
The 3M 180 profile went about as well as you might imagine INCLUDING an amazing color shift.
I've burned sixty feet of this 150 roll as well as several valuable hours just messing with this and I'm a bit frustrated.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Should I have been using a different type of paper? It's about seventy feet of 24"x30" posters and I almost ordered them from 365 but then was like "hey I could get this paper for half the cost and still have seventy feet left over!"
THanks in advance y'all.
- 8 mil, matte photo paper
- Water and scratch resistant
- Special coating provides block out and eliminate cockling
- For any photo reproduction
- Solvent/eco-solvent, UV and latex ink compatible
- Can be laminated
I asked Wensco if they had a profile or even a passes/temp combo to try. They had nothing at all for their latex customers on this.
First the sales rep told me that this paper is latex compatible emphasizing the word presumably because he couldn't wink and touch the side of his nose over the phone. I waited until he moved past that. He then said that I could look at all the paper profiles out there and try some that might be similar to this paper.
When I politely told him umm no he enthusiastically suggested I try the 3m IJ-180C profile "because it works on almost anything!" he remained enthused even after acknowledging that paper and vinyl on a liner are very different substrates.
After assuring him I would try that I pointed out how disappointing this was and he said he would try to find out who actually made the paper and see if they had a profile. They did not but told him what the closest product was that they DID have a profile for.
Results -
The heats were way too high on the similar profile they suggested.
The 3M 180 profile went about as well as you might imagine INCLUDING an amazing color shift.
I've burned sixty feet of this 150 roll as well as several valuable hours just messing with this and I'm a bit frustrated.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Should I have been using a different type of paper? It's about seventy feet of 24"x30" posters and I almost ordered them from 365 but then was like "hey I could get this paper for half the cost and still have seventy feet left over!"
THanks in advance y'all.
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