Printing past the edge?

[bayshorecreations]

OK I know that it has been talked about on here before but I cant seem to find the threads. I have a roll of 24" perf here that I want to print the entire width of it. I set it up in the printer, put down some masking tape on either side and set the image to 24.5" wide. When I rip it through Flexi and print, it does not print all the way to the edge of the vinyl. It stops like an eighth of an inch from the edge. Whats the trick?
Thanks

 

[Mosh]

Get bigger media is the easiest...printing off the page is called a full bleed BTW.

 

[bayshorecreations]

I am aware that bigger media would be the best option but its a rush job for a good customer and I want to get it done fast.

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

You tape is probably not being picked up because it's not white. You should have something taped down on the edges so ink doesn't get sucked in the vacuum holes etc.

 

[randya]

There are a number of ways.

If you put tape down, you must raise and lower the media lever so that the printer will measure the 'new' width.
The tape must be over the black stripe on the platen and must be white enough for the sensor to detect.

You can right justifiy your media and turn media detect off.


Any one of these will still probably ruin the edges as the ink builds up and then smears.

 

[artbot]

mimaki workaround might work on mutoh

i'm a mimaki guy so forgive if this irrelevant. my printer firmware/auto measure (which on mine is rerouted outside the machine so i can force measure or not) has a margin that is attached after the auto measure. you can input an integer or negative margin into the panel and it will "add" a negative number thus not adding a positive margin and will print full bleed.

attached is the infra red reader taken out of the body of the machine and moved to the top so i can tell it when to or not to measure. very irritating when your machine does too much thinking for you.

 

[sfr table hockey]

What does your setup width come in at with tape on the edges of the 24" media?

As long as it reads 25" or more, you should be fine to get it to print edge to edge. If it's anything like the Rolands you can move the head to the start point and hit base point and it will start printing on that mark. You would only need the image in flexi set to 24.25 to ensure printing over the edge. You will get a build up ink on the edges that may pool enought to drag onto the print.

 

[bayshorecreations]

Thanks guys, gonna give it a try with whiter tape.

 

[jwalknet]

Try fooling the printer into thinking paper is wider

When I have to do this on my Mimaki I take a white 3 or 4 inch piece of paper that I tape nice and flat on the edge of media I want to print on. When the print head goes out to measure the width the sensor thinks it sees media that is wider than it actually is. Once the sensor gets the measurement and the print head returns to its capping station I pull up the piece of paper.

 

[MikePro]

When I have to do this on my Mimaki I take a white 3 or 4 inch piece of paper that I tape nice and flat on the edge of media I want to print on. When the print head goes out to measure the width the sensor thinks it sees media that is wider than it actually is. Once the sensor gets the measurement and the print head returns to its capping station I pull up the piece of paper.

+1 to this, i've done it myself.

 

[bob]

It's not that you can't do it, rather it's a question of why would you want to? All you're going to do is build up a bunch of ink on the platen that's going to be first class mess.

No one no how prints a full bleed this way.

 

[Stealth Ryder]

What Randy said...