Mimaki? Summa? Flexi? not sure who the culprit is here

[gabagoo]

It's really a non issue but I am curious what others think the problem is.

You ever get a small order? I mean small, lets say 1" x 4" decal and they only need 8. OK you take it, charge them setup and make sure it is profitable.

The Mimaki printed 10 vertical up a 54" vinyl. pretty easy. problem is it only printed 2 registration marks. One at the start and one at the far end. The graphic is so small that it couldn't print another set. I didn't think much of it and let it sit and laminated it today and put it in the Summa thinking it only needs these 2 marks I guess. Summa is looking for a second mark on the low side, just as I suspected, so the graphic is garbage and we start again only this time I will print 20 to get the second set of registration marks.

I know it is not an issue except to wonder which piece of equipment is causing the problem? Flexi? Mimaki or Summa?

what you think?

 

[Vinylman]

Sounds like a "set up"problem.

I usually set up my graphics in Illustrator, draw a bounding box {select bounding box and create registration marks.} around ALL the artwork, then select All and send to the plotter.
The bounding box creates the corner targets you need to register. The bounding box won't plot.

 

[SightLine]

I've run into that as well with our Summa and Flexi. Flexi will willingly only print 1 row of reg marks but the Summa needs at minimum 2 rows (at least 4 marks). The only solution is to add anything, even just a single dot above the artwork to get to at least about 3" so at least 2 rows of marks print.

 

[gabagoo]

I've run into that as well with our Summa and Flexi. Flexi will willingly only print 1 row of reg marks but the Summa needs at minimum 2 rows (at least 4 marks). The only solution is to add anything, even just a single dot above the artwork to get to at least about 3" so at least 2 rows of marks print.

agree, i just wanted to rush it through. i knew it wouldn't cut it but had to try and see lol...so it is Flexi's fault as it should know that Summa needs 4 marks minimum

 

[jayhawksigns]

I've never gotten just one set of marks (2) with any of my prints, but if the item I am contour cutting is 1" range then it will not work properly. Its like it has a minimum distance between the marks, it prints the second row (4 total marks) at that minimum distance and then when it cuts, the cut is distorted. I just make sure that the layout is at least two inches or so.