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Tiles aren't matching up
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MikePro
New Member
not matching up like how? size? color?
for the latter, you may want to use the "rotate tiles" option, if there is one. sometimes your prints could be a shade offcolor from one end of the printer to the other. its minimal, but sticks out like a sore thumb when applied sideXside.
for the latter, you may want to use the "rotate tiles" option, if there is one. sometimes your prints could be a shade offcolor from one end of the printer to the other. its minimal, but sticks out like a sore thumb when applied sideXside.
GAC05
Quit buggin' me
What materials are you using? If they are a quality cast vinyl you should be able to fix them up.
If your second panel is short it should not be to hard to drive it into alignment with the first via a little controlled stretching. Best to use a 6" block with a sleeve or velcro edge to guide the match up.
If the second is too long you can fix this also but it takes a little more work.
Get the alignment right in the critical areas around the text and then use little triangles of tented material along the remaining edges to steer the outer parts back into alignment. You bunch the material up and then use a little heat to lay them down smooth to shorten the mismatched edges.
wayne k
guam usa
If your second panel is short it should not be to hard to drive it into alignment with the first via a little controlled stretching. Best to use a 6" block with a sleeve or velcro edge to guide the match up.
If the second is too long you can fix this also but it takes a little more work.
Get the alignment right in the critical areas around the text and then use little triangles of tented material along the remaining edges to steer the outer parts back into alignment. You bunch the material up and then use a little heat to lay them down smooth to shorten the mismatched edges.
wayne k
guam usa
Custom_Grafx
New Member
Film can stretch 'noticeably' over larger panels. As you have seen, even a small % stretch, adds up to a significant stretch over 4'.
If you feel you can't avoid stretch the way you're doing it, maybe you will have to try it wet till you figure out what is wrong with your current technique.
Also, your design allows for zero tolerance error, which just makes it worse on you. Even offset printers (whose equipment is far more accurate than our inkjet stuff), need a 2mm bleed on business cards. This means, that even on precise equipment and expensive German engineered machinery, a 2mm tolerance is required for good results.
Lining up lines in text is insanely difficult with the way you're doing it.
When I have been stuck, I have always at least tried to match from the centre, then trim accordingly the top and bottom of everything to match it up. If you go from the centre, your offset is shared top to bottom instead of having a heavy bias towards the top or bottom only.
If you feel you can't avoid stretch the way you're doing it, maybe you will have to try it wet till you figure out what is wrong with your current technique.
Also, your design allows for zero tolerance error, which just makes it worse on you. Even offset printers (whose equipment is far more accurate than our inkjet stuff), need a 2mm bleed on business cards. This means, that even on precise equipment and expensive German engineered machinery, a 2mm tolerance is required for good results.
Lining up lines in text is insanely difficult with the way you're doing it.
When I have been stuck, I have always at least tried to match from the centre, then trim accordingly the top and bottom of everything to match it up. If you go from the centre, your offset is shared top to bottom instead of having a heavy bias towards the top or bottom only.
