I am trying to print a job labels on oracle 651 on my Edge 2 and the prints are less then usable. The text is small ( the circles are .75") but I dont think too small. Can anyone give me an idea what I need to change to get this cleaned up? I have cleaned the head, the vinyl and tried a new foil. I have also tried with normal and hot heat. Nothing has worked yet... Thanks in advance!
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Edge printing "Dirty"
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Fred Weiss
Merchant Member
What Billct2 said. Oracal 651 has given me varied results so it depends on what foil and what color vinyl you use. Changing the heat has never worked for me.
where is that setting at? I am running omega 5.0
Fred Weiss
Merchant Member
It's not a setting. It's one of three ways to enter text in Omega. To bring up the Small Text Entry Tool, type Shift S. It uses the fonts that are installed in Windows rather than the Gerber fonts.
Your choice of vinyl and foil are much more likely to be the cause of your problem, but there is a slight improvement in print quality using the Small Text feature.
Russell J. Bean
New Member
I've had this problem several times using Oracal/Orafol 651. The problem I noticed is my default setting on Omega was set as (Scotchcal 220) I switched the setting to Gerber Quantom 2000 which has a longer print process, that also printed better quality. However I tend to lean more on the Gerber Vinyl for printing. Oracal has many spots like hairline pin needles. Which anything Printed it wont show up as clear as it would using quantom. Also you can always put a primer for the circles instead of straight printing Cobalt or whichever color you are using.
chitown928
New Member
try printing it with higfher heat 300x600 print mode