Print Window Perf on Canon Arizona

[Proofread People]

Does anyone print window perforated vinyl on a UV Flatbed printer, and do you laminate it?

 

[LuckySign]

We generally do not print perf on our Arizona, but we have a couple of times when we had tight deadlines. We laminated with an optically clear and did not roll the pieces. It was installed early summer 2024 and still looks good. I use 357 ink and do not have the roll feature so it was printed laying flat on the bed.

 

[Proofread People]

We generally do not print perf on our Arizona, but we have a couple of times when we had tight deadlines. We laminated with an optically clear and did not roll the pieces. It was installed early summer 2024 and still looks good. I use 357 ink and do not have the roll feature so it was printed laying flat on the bed.

Do you mind if I ask you why you do not print on perf with your Arizona? Have you had any issues or does the ink not hold up? We generally use the HP 570 to print perf but if wastes a lot of material on the take up reel and on the back end.
I'm going to test it out, the product information sheet suggests allowing the print to sit for 24 hours before laminating it with an optical clear lam, then waiting another 24 hours for the laminate adhesion to set a good bond before installing it. Thanks for your input.

 

[LuckySign]

Do you mind if I ask you why you do not print on perf with your Arizona? Have you had any issues or does the ink not hold up? We generally use the HP 570 to print perf but if wastes a lot of material on the take up reel and on the back end.
I'm going to test it out, the product information sheet suggests allowing the print to sit for 24 hours before laminating it with an optical clear lam, then waiting another 24 hours for the laminate adhesion to set a good bond before installing it. Thanks for your input.

Since I don't have the roll option on my Arizona I have mostly only ever use it for rigid substrate. I think that it has printed perf fine when we have run it but since I have to cut pieces to fit the bed its just easier to run it on the roll to roll printer. When we got the Arizona we also had a HP Latex 800W that we used for perf and vinyl. I definitely understand the waste issue with how the HP. We no longer have the HP and have changed to a Colorado which doesn't waste near as much material and has faster print times.

 

[parrott]

Have printer on our Digitech flatbed and works well. Sheeted out to size, masked the bed and printed. No laminate. Has been out 3 years and still no issues. No reason you can’t do it that way.

 

[Proofread People]

Since I don't have the roll option on my Arizona I have mostly only ever use it for rigid substrate. I think that it has printed perf fine when we have run it but since I have to cut pieces to fit the bed its just easier to run it on the roll to roll printer. When we got the Arizona we also had a HP Latex 800W that we used for perf and vinyl. I definitely understand the waste issue with how the HP. We no longer have the HP and have changed to a Colorado which doesn't waste near as much material and has faster print times.

Good to know, thanks. Are you happy with how the Colorado runs?

Have printer on our Digitech flatbed and works well. Sheeted out to size, masked the bed and printed. No laminate. Has been out 3 years and still no issues. No reason you can’t do it that way.

Have been using Briteline 65/35 window perf on the HP 570 but I wanted to test it out on our Arizona. Briteline technical sheet recommended that it cure for 24 hours before laminating, then letting the lamination set up for 24 hours before installing. We'll see. Do you typically not laminate your perf?

 

[LuckySign]

We really like it! It uses less material on the front and back than the HP and print speeds are amazing. Our customers have loved that we can print matte and gloss on the same print, making their projects more eye catching and interesting.

 

[Proofread People]

We really like it! It uses less material on the front and back than the HP and print speeds are amazing. Our customers have loved that we can print matte and gloss on the same print, making their projects more eye catching and interesting

 

[Proofread People]

We like less waste and less set up time

 

[Proofread People]

We really like it! It uses less material on the front and back than the HP and print speeds are amazing. Our customers have loved that we can print matte and gloss on the same print, making their projects more eye catching and interesting.

Okay so did a test and printed window perf on the Arizona, some of the "holes" were filled in with ink. We let it set up for a few days and then laminated it with an optical clear lamination. When we applied it to the window, some ink is left behind on the carrier and some stayed filled in on the perf. Have you had this experience?

 

[StickerUniverse]

This has happened to me every time I have tried to print perf on a UV printer (Canon Colorado & Vanguard flatbed). I only print perf on our latex printers. I expect eco-sol would work similar to latex. I wish I had better news for you. Maybe someone out there knows a trick to make UV work.

 

[Proofread People]

This has happened to me every time I have tried to print perf on a UV printer (Canon Colorado & Vanguard flatbed). I only print perf on our latex printers. I expect eco-sol would work similar to latex. I wish I had better news for you. Maybe someone out there knows a trick to make UV work.

Thanks for the info. I wonder if it makes a difference if it's printed on the perf with the polyester backer. We usually buy it with the paper backer if we run it on the latex.