Can someone with a Mutoh Falcon Outdoor help me with something?

[bayshorecreations]

Hey guys, I want to find someone with the same printer that I have to run off a print for me so I can compare mine to another printer. I have a mutoh falcon outdoor 62. I would email you the file and send you the vinyl to print on. I don't mind paying for this, I just want to be able to see the 2 prints next to each other.
Thanks

 

[zgraphics]

mutoh falcon

Hey guys, I want to find someone with the same printer that I have to run off a print for me so I can compare mine to another printer. I have a mutoh falcon outdoor 62. I would email you the file and send you the vinyl to print on. I don't mind paying for this, I just want to be able to see the 2 prints next to each other.
Thanks

What's up bayshorecreations,
I too, want to compare notes with these printers. I'm having bad luck
with my black and blue, they don't print. I just want to talk to someone with the same issues. If you wish to call my cell today saturday feel free to 210-387-4319 i'm going crazy... by the way i'm chris with zgraphics in san antonio tx.

 

[bayshorecreations]

I will call you on Monday if thats OK?
Here is a few pictures of what I want to check into.
The first pic is of a tes print, the colors are kind of spotty.
The second pic is of a job that I am printing for a customer. The darker parts of the car body look good but the highlight areas (pic 3) look kind of blotchy.
Anyone have any suggestions of how I can make this better or is this normal?
Thanks

 

[Graphics2u]

I will call you on Monday if thats OK?
Here is a few pictures of what I want to check into.
The first pic is of a tes print, the colors are kind of spotty.
The second pic is of a job that I am printing for a customer. The darker parts of the car body look good but the highlight areas (pic 3) look kind of blotchy.
Anyone have any suggestions of how I can make this better or is this normal?
Thanks

To me your nozzle check looks normal. My Falcon Jr look just like that. The blotchyness your talking about I think might be helped by turning up the rear heater. Try going up 5 degrees and do a sample and se if that helps. You want the heat as high as you can get it with out the vinyl buckling. That will dry the ink quicker and it won't have time to "puddle" up like I think it's doing.

 

[The Big Squeegee]

The blotches may be from handling the roll with bare hands. Oil from your hands can cause bloches.

 

[bayshorecreations]

Thanks guys I will try turning up the heater and cleaning the vinyl.
P.S. Dale, I LOVE My Big Squeegee!!!!
I will be ordering more soon!

 

[bayshorecreations]

LEt me ask another question, should I be able to feel the heater on the rear? If I put my hand on the front one I can feel the heat but I feel nothing on the back. Maybe something is wrong with the rear heater?

 

[PSG]

Yes you should be able to feel the heater in the rear just like in the front.
It works exactly the same way, heats thru directs contact with the vinyl.
You should open it up and check it.

If it is or once you get it working, you should get some of the foil insulating tape from a hardware store and put it on the heater element on the inside. This will help dissipate the heat more evenly and is said to help with the splochyness on prints.

Thanks Flame for this handy tidbit!

 

[bayshorecreations]

Cool Thanks for the advice and the info. I will pick up some of that tape tomorrow. I guess its time to take the printer apart again...

 

[Wide Open - Kurt]

I agree my nozzle check looks the same as your photo. I had a similar problem and adjusted the temperature, but it wasn't until I cleaned the vinyl that I got the results I wanted.

 

[bayshorecreations]

What temps do you guys usually run when you are printing on Oracal 3651?

 

[Graphics2u]

Remember the rear heater is directly under the printhead on your printer, not on the back side of the printer like some models have.

 

[Graphics2u]

I agree my nozzle check looks the same as your photo. I had a similar problem and adjusted the temperature, but it wasn't until I cleaned the vinyl that I got the results I wanted.

What kind of vinyl do you use that you have to clean it first? After the first 18" -24" where you've touched it putting it on the printer it should be clean.

 

[randya]

I will call you on Monday if thats OK?
Here is a few pictures of what I want to check into.
The first pic is of a tes print, the colors are kind of spotty.
The second pic is of a job that I am printing for a customer. The darker parts of the car body look good but the highlight areas (pic 3) look kind of blotchy.
Anyone have any suggestions of how I can make this better or is this normal?
Thanks

this really looks like a media issue.
cleaning with denatured alcohol should show some improvement
but not really solve the issue.

 

[Steve C.]

What temps do you guys usually run when you are printing on Oracal 3651?

I print 3651 at around 50 degrees.

 

[studio10]

I also think it`s a media issue. Bad, dirty or old media. On my old Encad (water based) sometimes prints also look kind blotchy, mostly because of static electricity.

 

[Steve C.]

this really looks like a media issue.
cleaning with denatured alcohol should show some improvement
but not really solve the issue.

Yep. I had a problem like this with a roll of window perf. Sometimes
you just get a bad roll. Try another media and see what results you
get.