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Discussion Trufire vs Vanguard
- Thread starter Nate1n22
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Sure do. Whats up?
Do either of you have issues printing nice looking reds at 300 density? Or are they washed out looking?We also use Caldera with our TruFire.
Reds are tough. We paid Mike Adams at Correct Color to build color matched profiles for 2 printers. One thing we learned in the process was head temp made a big difference in magenta saturation. Recommended max temp is 48, we run magenta at 52. We now get great reds at 300 - 2 pass
Interesting. We build our own profiles with a Caldera TotalColor spectrometer. Can print some really nice oranges and reds on another flatbed.Reds are tough. We paid Mike Adams at Correct Color to build color matched profiles for 2 printers. One thing we learned in the process was head temp made a big difference in magenta saturation. Recommended max temp is 48, we run magenta at 52. We now get great reds at 300 - 2 pass
Patric says it's a Caldera issue that they need to fix on their end. The only way we have been able to get around it is to print at 400 density.
I will have to try messing with the head temperature
WheresMyCoffee
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One thing we learned in the process was head temp made a big difference in magenta saturation. Recommended max temp is 48, we run magenta at 52.
I know this is an old thread and I'm new here, but I signed up to ask a question about this.
We've been trying to get better red out of our digitech as well. Patrick at digitech says it's a Caldera RIP problem, but we tested two other RIPs and found next to no improvement.
Can you expound on how/where you did this? I've been in contact with one of the technicians at digitech and he doesn't know anything about setting head temperatures individually. The global setting for all heads is obvious enough though. We can adjust voltages but were advised not to unless the head was 'old' and 'needed the help'.
Reds are tough on any flatbed. Yes, Caldera is a bit too blame. We have had the Digitech team rip files via Onyx to our machine through their server. There is definitely a noticeable difference between Calder and onyx.
The reds are on par with our HP flatbeds and have never had a customer complain.
The reds are on par with our HP flatbeds and have never had a customer complain.
WheresMyCoffee
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We had them do the same for us, as well as send a physical sample printed in their facility.
Unfortunately their RIP via onyx vs our own RIP produced exactly the same red output for all intents and purposes. It was perhaps a little lighter than ours, but certainly not more vibrant/saturated. Even their physical sample was no better than our own output.
Unfortunately their RIP via onyx vs our own RIP produced exactly the same red output for all intents and purposes. It was perhaps a little lighter than ours, but certainly not more vibrant/saturated. Even their physical sample was no better than our own output.