Arlon + HP = Bad News Coming Soon?

[jfiscus]

We run a lot of Arlon DPF8000 here for one customer, that is spec'd by them so we're "stuck" with it. As anyone who has ran this material will attest to - the edges leave some very tacky residue on your printer, floor, hands, tables, etc... So, with the limited "reach" within this printer I am concerned that the internal areas will get gummed up soon. The rollers that the edge of the vinyl rides on already have a "gummy" area on them. Anyone else encountered this yet?

On our Mimaki and Epson the entire "print path" through the printer is accessible for cleaning.

 

[boxerbay]

Arlon DPF8000 is a high tack vinyl. All high tack vinyl will do that. We run Oracal 3105HT. yes it will leave a bit of adhesive residue on the printer platen and rollers. we clean using iso alcohol after running a job on it. if not the next job the media will stick to it bind up and not allow the media to slide across the platen and cause a head strike.

 

[bigben]

I use general formulation for the high tac and never had this problem (I have a HP L26500). It print like any other vinyl without any residue.

 

[boxerbay]

the GF and also the mactac high tac are not as tacky as the DPF8000 or the oracal 3105HT. I know they call them high tack but I dont really see them even close to being were dpf8000 or 3105HT are. We tried the GF and MACTAC because they were cheaper. 3105HT is the tackiest.

 

[boxerbay]

OP - try turning down the heat some. this will keep the adhesive from oozing out from the edges.

 

[r2prints]

Same thing happens to me with Substance X1. I thought it was only because I had one roll where the media was thinner than the backing paper, that was not the case. I usually can just clean it by picking off the adhesive with my finger.

Not a huge deal breaker for me, once you hear the media start clicking due to being picked up by the wheel, just clean it while you can!

Also note, I have never had a substrate jam or headstrike due to this.