Question too much black ink

[shacho]

I have just bought a soljet pro 4 and I am having trouble with my black. It's going on much too thick. I am using GCVP, high quality, Pre-Press U.S. Bi directional, and have all other controls "Use Printer Setting" it use to print good with my old VS540.


thx

 

[AF]

Linearize and make a custom profile.

 

[shacho]

I don't know how to do that. I googled it a nothing come up. do you know of a site that can guide me through this process. I forgot to mention that I am using Versaworks Dual could this be a problem? thx

 

[Jester1167]

Try a 3m or Avery profile. Roland is in the business of selling ink. I bet they turn the ink limits way up.

 

[Saturn]

You might make sure your black build is not 100% 100% 100% 100% or something too rich.

 

[Jester1167]

typically your rip should limit the total amount of solvent ink. Vinyl manufactures want that limited to around 280%. By the way you can reach a good solid black as low as 190% - C60 M30 Y00 K100.

 

[IDB Signs]

What material are you using? Typically the manufacturers have boxed profiles on their sites for each different printer, RIP, etc. That would be a good starting point and probably the quickest to test out. The GCVP is just a generic profile, each material will retain and display inks differently.

 

[Asuma01]

If you can't make your own custom profiles I'll suggest you try to download different ones until you find something that works.