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Need Help Bubbling Before Printing

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This seems to happen a whole lot. I end up trashing yards of vinyl. It seems to bubble before even printing. I've tried with heat and then no heat..same &^%%T! Can anyone out there suggest anything?

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Gino

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Looks like cheap stuff and probably not really any good for digital printing, even without the lifting.
 
MikePro

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another thought could be that the vinyl has been sitting cold for a long time. Tis the season, warehouses/trucks/storagecontainers are freezing in the North this time of year.... and the quick-heating of the pre-print/cure may be causing this (most likely calendared) vinyl to rapidly expand.
 
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Bubba06 said:
Turn your heat settings down a bit on your printer, and try it.
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Thanks for all the replies. I've tried it without any heat. at all. Same...But what Mikepro wrote might make some sense. Now I am trying to remember, if this happens only in the winter. I use rolls of vinyl in the summer. Not so much in winter.

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MikePro

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easiest way to start, would be to diagnose whether its simply the media. you might get a few more credible troubleshoots if we knew the material and the printer at the start of the thread.

unknown avery vinyl could be the culprit, as that brand still carries a LOT of question marks for me. could also be something silly like adhesive/stickiness on your pinch rollers lifting vinyl off the liner as its traveling through the printer. ....and i rant.
 
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MikePro said:
easiest way to start, would be to diagnose whether its simply the media. you might get a few more credible troubleshoots if we knew the material and the printer at the start of the thread.

unknown avery vinyl could be the culprit, as that brand still carries a LOT of question marks for me. could also be something silly like adhesive/stickiness on your pinch rollers lifting vinyl off the liner as its traveling through the printer. ....and i rant.
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This is the # MPI3320 I've purchase no namers for years, but what vinyl would you recommend?

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MikePro

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recommend? for what application and what printer? plenty of merchant members here with recommendations if you post the info.
 
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MikePro said:
recommend? for what application and what printer? plenty of merchant members here with recommendations if you post the info.
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Mostly on coroplast some walls and windows. I've used the same for everything. Don't know if it's right or not but have survived for 12 years now : )


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MikePro

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MPI3320 seems to be listed as acceptable for all types of printers... gotta just be the old/cold calendared vinyl going thru hot printer.
 
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I have a 2200 sq ft. location, but the site has "ABSOLUTELY NO INSULATION" So if it is 40 degrees outside, it's around 28-30 It's a refrigerator in winter and a stove in the summer. So let chalk it up to temp.

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