Heater setting for vinyl banner material

Hi all,

Looking for suggestions for heater settings to use when printing 13oz scrim banner material in my valuejet.

I turned the heat down but apparently not enough. Started with 30 preheat, 35 plat. heater, 42 post heater. Material caused head strike about 1/2 way through printing the banner.

Ended up going 30/off/40. It worked ok but I'm wondering if any of you have settings that you like.

I'll try 30 on the plat. heater next time. I just HATE wasting material or potentially damaging my print head!

Thanks.

Kirk

 

I thought about raising the head but I was concerned about loss of detail. I'm printing an indoor mural that will be viewed at a fairly close distance.

I'll have to experiment with the high setting.

Kirk

 

My bad... I just tried raising the head and the print results were great. I could barely notice a difference at 3" away!

I guess Mutoh's manual had me a little concerned about using the high setting with all their "can not guarantee quality print in high setting" crap.

I should have known. I think Mutoh's manual for the Valuejet is my biggest complaint. Very poorly written...or should I say translated.

Live and learn.

Thanks again.

Kirk