not.sire.if.its.possible, latex.conversion?

[petesign]

With all the hype over the hp latex printer, and my dislike (putting it mildly) of my ecosolvent ink... I was wondering, is a latex conversion possible? I don't know much about the differences in the delivery between solvent vs. Latex, etc.. so I am sure its a crazy notion... Been thinking about flushing and converting to regular solvent since I'm so tired of having to laminate EVERYTHING I print, but might hold.off if this us possible down the road.

Thoughts?

 

[ProWraps]

negative. your heaters wont get hot enough to fuse the latex to the media among pretty much 100 other differences.

 

[P Wagner]

Not gonna happen with latex ink. Why not convert to a hotter solvent ink if you looking for better bite with PVC media?

 

[MikePro]

solvent printers easily convert to ecosolvent, but not the other way around.

 

[SightLine]

There is a way using Sepiax ink which has a formulation specifically for Epson DX4 and DX5 printheads. Its not specifically a latex ink though - they list it as a water based resin ink. Supposedly will print on near anything with the durability of solvent ink.

http://www.sepiax.com/technische-anforderungen-en

Graphics One is the US distributor for Sepiax.

I've only heard of a couple people actually doing the conversion though and if I recall one was a total nightmare and they ended up converting it back to solvent.

 

[Robert M]

Print heads

Your print heads may not like the switch. You would need to remove all trace of the solvents before introducing a water based ink. I hear there are several flushes involved and may not be worth the risk of trashing your macine. We tried it once for a customer who wanted to go from solvent to aqueous inks and she ended up buying new print heads, dampers, pump and lots of labor.

 

[petesign]

Wow, looking today, I didn't realize how bad my typing was on my android phone. I need smaller fingers, or they need a better keyboard

 

[ProWraps]

Wow, looking today, I didn't realize how bad my typing was on my android phone. I need smaller fingers, or they need a better keyboard

rofl. i was wondering. i thought maybe you were hanging out with drunkensigns.biz.