HP 3600 Latex printer

Do you mean Latex 360? Only 3600 I see is a desktop Laser printer.

EDIT: Sorry, I now see there is a 3600 Latex....that's the big boy printer. Can't help ya there! If you've had it only a month I would assume your dealer rep would provide help or service info.

 

What are the issues. Is this a reseller tech or dealer tech?

 

Are you using the Tension Bar?

I always make sure both ends of the media are flush and even on the RH Side.
Then 2 or 3 strips of tape to the take up core and then drop the tension bar to the media.

If I am using psa vinyl then I use a 1" piece of tape that will be long enough to
stay attached to the take up core when I lower the tension bar into position.

The youtube videos call the tension bar "(the dancer bar)
The HP tech support personnel call it the dancer bar too.

When the media has wrapped the take up core twice, and the edge guards on the platen do not need any final adjustment, I can then let the printer run and I can then work on something else

Hope this helps

 

Oh that's a non-issue. That's something HP builds in to ALL their printers, an added bonus feature, shall we say, to their current line of Latex printers. I deal with this on our little old 560.

 

3600 doesn't have the dancing bar

 

Is material centered? How many pieces of tape on tur? Use one in middle. manually wind 1 full rotation before engaging tur.

did the tech have to install the tur or did it come installed? It may need to be Re-aligned

 

What do you mean by the dancer bar? You mean the free-fall option?

I have a 3200 they are fairly similar.

Have you tried adjusting your tension settings on the takeup? Does it happen on all stocks? Is this single roll or dual roll?

 

I also noticed in one picture you're using the slitters. Does it occur without the slitters?

 

came here to ask this same question

 

Silly question. Was the machine bent or anything like that? My machine tracks fairly well nothing like you're describing. If its happening across a range of medias it has to be something on the machine.

Have you done a test to load a roll. Just send it forward like 10-20m then send it back and see if it tracks straight not during print but just moving the media?