LeiftheLucky
New Member
Recently (6mo) got a Scitex FB700 and am loving it and have been able to troubleshoot most issues but have been having an ongoing battle with thin polystyrene. We had an old laminator that we were trying to faze out which I thought would never work but our sales team has basically eliminated our need for the machine by selling thin (rollable into tubes) styrene instead. My problem is that the stuff is a total pain in the ***...
Besides the fact that handling 4' x 8' styrene by myself without it buckling has proved to have quite the learning curve, there is also the issue of this happening to the client with the finished product. We are offering this material as an alternative to laminated paper to try and phase out out oversized laminator which is on its way out and have been quite successful with it b ut styren comes with a whole new set of issues. styrene this thin is not nearly as durable as lamination and has been a ***** to print on. I'm hoping that you guys might have some ideas on some solutions.
The machine loves to smear on it to the point where I push margins out a few inches and have raised the head height as far as i can to try and be able to cut off or avoid the marks, but I still end up losing a lot of jobs or having to go in by hand with alcohol and hand erase marks from white areas. Tech support said maybe vacuum issue, maybe static/conductivity issue, maybe head/delay issues.. I feel like I've played with most of these options and wiping boards better and using anti static spray seems to help but I'm still getting black clouds a lolt of the time.
is there a better styrene or other material (rigidish, not Vinyl) to use for this purpose, or any other ideas that might shed some light on this dilemma. It would be gratefully appreciated.. Thanks guys
Besides the fact that handling 4' x 8' styrene by myself without it buckling has proved to have quite the learning curve, there is also the issue of this happening to the client with the finished product. We are offering this material as an alternative to laminated paper to try and phase out out oversized laminator which is on its way out and have been quite successful with it b ut styren comes with a whole new set of issues. styrene this thin is not nearly as durable as lamination and has been a ***** to print on. I'm hoping that you guys might have some ideas on some solutions.
The machine loves to smear on it to the point where I push margins out a few inches and have raised the head height as far as i can to try and be able to cut off or avoid the marks, but I still end up losing a lot of jobs or having to go in by hand with alcohol and hand erase marks from white areas. Tech support said maybe vacuum issue, maybe static/conductivity issue, maybe head/delay issues.. I feel like I've played with most of these options and wiping boards better and using anti static spray seems to help but I'm still getting black clouds a lolt of the time.
is there a better styrene or other material (rigidish, not Vinyl) to use for this purpose, or any other ideas that might shed some light on this dilemma. It would be gratefully appreciated.. Thanks guys
