Head striking while printing perforated vinyl.

[A2K]

I am having troubles with the header on my printer hitting my perforated one-view prints halfway through. I have increased the vacuum and lowered the curing temp but still seems to happen.
Any suggestions? I am using an HP Latex 365.

 

[balstestrat]

Switch to known good brand.

 

[A2K]

Switch to known good brand.

I've been using briteline, what would you recommend?

 

[SignBoi]

Hey A2K, I had this same problem many times.
First start by feeding out enough material to attach to take up reel. Must keep tension on material. If it's a small job you can keep tension by hand until finished printing.
Once print begins -> Click "adjustments" button
Turn up vacuum to at least 60% maybe even 70%.
Turn the heat down to below 200degrees.

Solvex 70/30 is my go to and does not have this issue.
The liner on briteline perf is thin and edges lift when heater from printer gets warm enough.
Don't forget the optical clear lam.

Hope this helps

 

[Stacey K]

What SignBoi said. I have HP 315 and run Briteline. I don't have a take-up reel so I clamp on a bar to keep some tension or use my hands if it's a little quickie job.

 

[A2K]

Hey A2K, I had this same problem many times.
First start by feeding out enough material to attach to take up reel. Must keep tension on material. If it's a small job you can keep tension by hand until finished printing.
Once print begins -> Click "adjustments" button
Turn up vacuum to at least 60% maybe even 70%.
Turn the heat down to below 200degrees.

Solvex 70/30 is my go to and does not have this issue.
The liner on briteline perf is thin and edges lift when heater from printer gets warm enough.
Don't forget the optical clear lam.

Hope this helps

Thanks for the tips!

 

[TheAngryCanadian]

Agree with signboi, turn down heat, up vacuum and I’ll add that too many people run / print perf on too high of resolution. Turn down the resolution, print Single pass NOT a double pass and turn down your heat.

 

[MarkSnelling]

I am having troubles with the header on my printer hitting my perforated one-view prints halfway through. I have increased the vacuum and lowered the curing temp but still seems to happen.
Any suggestions? I am using an HP Latex 365.

You'll see several chats in this forum about the Briteline perf causing problems. Their liner is not as good. Continental Panorama One is a GREAT price at under $400 for a 164' roll for up to two year performance and their liner doesn't appear to give anyone fits. I stock it in Chicago.

 

[Geneva Olson]

What SignBoi said. I have HP 315 and run Briteline. I don't have a take-up reel so I clamp on a bar to keep some tension or use my hands if it's a little quickie job.

I use clearfocus econovue. I put magnets on the lead edge to weigh it down until it gets to the point where i can start rolling it.

 

[Eforcer]

Hey A2K, I had this same problem many times.
First start by feeding out enough material to attach to take up reel. Must keep tension on material. If it's a small job you can keep tension by hand until finished printing.
Once print begins -> Click "adjustments" button
Turn up vacuum to at least 60% maybe even 70%.
Turn the heat down to below 200degrees.

Solvex 70/30 is my go to and does not have this issue.
The liner on briteline perf is thin and edges lift when heater from printer gets warm enough.
Don't forget the optical clear lam.

Hope this helps

I am having troubles with the header on my printer hitting my perforated one-view prints halfway through. I have increased the vacuum and lowered the curing temp but still seems to happen.
Any suggestions? I am using an HP Latex 365.

 

[Eforcer]

I am having troubles with the header on my printer hitting my perforated one-view prints halfway through. I have increased the vacuum and lowered the curing temp but still seems to happen.
Any suggestions? I am using an HP Latex 365.

This happens to many films. Sometimes the head strikes can be many unfortunate varibles. I've gotten use to cutting strips of heavy banner material and tape to the edges of the film during printing.

 

[guillermo]

Hey A2K, I had this same problem many times.
First start by feeding out enough material to attach to take up reel. Must keep tension on material. If it's a small job you can keep tension by hand until finished printing.
Once print begins -> Click "adjustments" button
Turn up vacuum to at least 60% maybe even 70%.
Turn the heat down to below 200degrees.

Solvex 70/30 is my go to and does not have this issue.
The liner on briteline perf is thin and edges lift when heater from printer gets warm enough.
Don't forget the optical clear lam.

Hope this helps

I believe, heat has nothing to do with the head strike, I have a latex 365 and the heater is about 10" away from the head travel path....

 

[ThunderGraphic]

I am having troubles with the header on my printer hitting my perforated one-view prints halfway through. I have increased the vacuum and lowered the curing temp but still seems to happen.
Any suggestions? I am using an HP Latex 365.

Try Contra Vision Campaign. Works great on my Latex, and good value

 

[MelloImagingTechnologies]

Switch to an EPSON! Lol

 

[balstestrat]

Switch to an EPSON! Lol

I doubt the cheap stuff works any better on the resin.

 

[MelloImagingTechnologies]

The perf is extremely thick. So super heating monomeric vinyl and bending it 180 degrees around the feed roller on an HP Latex is not going to have good results.
Printing on an eco solvent printer that’s loaded from the back eliminates all the problems.
I print perf for my customers who need it but bought a HP by mistake from another dealer in my territory.
For $1.50 a square foot they get perfect prints from an EPSON S60600 after trying to print it and getting constant head strikes or tiles that don’t match in length.

 

[Proofread People]

I am having troubles with the header on my printer hitting my perforated one-view prints halfway through. I have increased the vacuum and lowered the curing temp but still seems to happen.
Any suggestions? I am using an HP Latex 365.

In years past, we've had issues with Briteline 70/30, 60/40. 50/50 with buckling and head strikes, (one rep said it could have been a bad batch of window perf, who knows). Somehow our HP Latex 570 likes the 65/35 perf. w/ the paper backer. I had to play around with the heat and vacuum settings vacuum: 70 input tension 15, heat setting is 199, this is for 12p CMYKcm_90 and use the takeup reel. I haven't had any headstrikes in a few years. Also, had good luck with Clear Focus.