Contaminated media?

I'm assuming you've printed on this material in the past without an issue.

Have you tried a test print on an area that you cleaned super well? I don't run wide format, but sometimes I get rolls of vinyl where my foils on my Edge don't adhere and you get a look like this and it turns out that there is a residue on the material. So I clean it good with alcohol and test it.

 

Since you haven't used this before, I would ask if your ink is compatible with the material because it looks like it's not. It looks like it's not drying properly and it sitting on top of the vinyl.

 

Looks like it could be an old roll and that the plasticers have leeched out of the media? Just a guess. Try cleaning an area with alcohol and printing on it to see if it makes a difference. Either way I would try to return it and get a new roll.

 

Okay... this may sound condescending... BUT, it looks exactly like what happens when you print on the wrong side of porous media. Was this roll from a company that winds the media in the opposite direction?

 

Yeah... it was a long shot. No offense intended, for sure. I’ve seen it done when the media was from a different vendor and rolled opposite from the norm. It was a big “oops” and a good laugh.